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The Moon on Friday, February 7, 1997: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

New Moon at

15:06UTC

Moon phase on February 7, 1997New Moon

Friday 7 February 1997356,970 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 7, 1997, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.1% of its visible face lit, 29.3 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.1%Illumination at noon UTC
29.3 dMoon age
356,970 km221,811 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
33.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, January 31, 199719:40
New Moon (this day)Friday, February 7, 199715:06
First Quarter (after)Friday, February 14, 199708:58

The Moon around February 7

More about this date

Friday, February 7, 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.