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The Moon on Saturday, January 25, 1997: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 96.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on January 25, 1997Waning Gibbous

Saturday 25 January 1997406,200 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 25, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.9% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.9%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
406,200 km252,401 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (26°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 25, 1997 is on Thursday, January 23, 1997 at 15:11 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 7, 1997 at 15:06 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, January 23, 199715:11
Last Quarter (after)Friday, January 31, 199719:40

The Moon around January 25

More about this date

Saturday, January 25, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 9, 1997 to the new moon of February 7, 1997, a cycle of 29.44 days.