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The Moon on Tuesday, February 18, 1997: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 86.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on February 18, 1997Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 18 February 1997402,704 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 18, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.6% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
402,704 km250,229 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 1997 is on Saturday, February 22, 1997 at 10:27 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 7, 1997 at 15:06 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, February 14, 199708:58
Full Moon (after)Saturday, February 22, 199710:27

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Tuesday, February 18, 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.