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The Moon on Sunday, February 2, 1997: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 32.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 04°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on February 2, 1997Waning Crescent

Sunday 2 February 1997379,270 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 2, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.8% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
379,270 km235,667 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (4°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 2, 1997 is on Thursday, January 23, 1997 at 15:11 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 7, 1997 at 15:06 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, January 31, 199719:40
New Moon (after)Friday, February 7, 199715:06

The Moon around February 2

More about this date

Sunday, February 2, 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.