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The Moon on Tuesday, February 11, 1997: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 20.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

Moon age

3.9days

Moon phase on February 11, 1997Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 11 February 1997368,473 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 11, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.6% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
368,473 km228,959 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (17°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 11, 1997 is on Saturday, February 22, 1997 at 10:27 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 7, 1997 at 15:06 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, February 7, 199715:06
First Quarter (after)Friday, February 14, 199708:58

The Moon around February 11

More about this date

Tuesday, February 11, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 7, 1997 to the new moon of March 9, 1997, a cycle of 29.42 days.