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The Moon on Wednesday, January 29, 1997: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 72.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 13°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on January 29, 1997Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 29 January 1997399,980 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 29, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.3% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.3%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
399,980 km248,536 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 1997 is on Thursday, January 23, 1997 at 15:11 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 7, 1997 at 15:06 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Wednesday, January 29, 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.