Waning · 80.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 01°
Moon age
19.3days
Moon phase on January 28, 1997Waning Gibbous
On Tuesday, January 28, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.4% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
80.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
402,943 km250,377 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 28, 1997 is on Thursday, January 23, 1997 at 15:11 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 7, 1997 at 15:06 UTC, 10 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Thursday, January 23, 1997 | 15:11 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Friday, January 31, 1997 | 19:40 |
The Moon around January 28
More about this date
Tuesday, January 28, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 1997, or the whole moon calendar 1997.
- The same date one year apart: 1996 · 1998.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.