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The Moon on Thursday, February 13, 1997: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 40.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 14°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on February 13, 1997Waxing Crescent

Thursday 13 February 1997380,380 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 13, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.9% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
380,380 km236,357 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (14°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 13, 1997 is on Saturday, February 22, 1997 at 10:27 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 7, 1997 at 15:06 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 13

More about this date

Thursday, February 13, 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.