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The Moon on Tuesday, February 4, 1997: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 14.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 01°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on February 4, 1997Waning Crescent

Tuesday 4 February 1997367,141 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 4, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.1% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
367,141 km228,131 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (2°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 4, 1997 is on Thursday, January 23, 1997 at 15:11 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 7, 1997 at 15:06 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around February 4

More about this date

Tuesday, February 4, 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.