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The Moon on Thursday, January 30, 1997: Waning Gibbous, 63% lit

Waning · 63.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 25°

Moon age

21.3days

Moon phase on January 30, 1997Waning Gibbous

Thursday 30 January 1997396,013 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 30, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 63.2% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

63.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
396,013 km246,071 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (25°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 30, 1997 is on Thursday, January 23, 1997 at 15:11 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 7, 1997 at 15:06 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around January 30

More about this date

Thursday, January 30, 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.