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The Moon on Wednesday, February 19, 1997: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

Moon age

11.9days

Moon phase on February 19, 1997Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 19 February 1997404,692 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 19, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.4% of its visible face lit, 11.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.9 dMoon age
404,692 km251,464 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 19, 1997 is on Saturday, February 22, 1997 at 10:27 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 7, 1997 at 15:06 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 19

More about this date

Wednesday, February 19, 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.