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The Moon on Thursday, February 20, 1997: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 10°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on February 20, 1997Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 20 February 1997405,891 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 20, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.6% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
405,891 km252,209 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 1997 is on Saturday, February 22, 1997 at 10:27 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 7, 1997 at 15:06 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Thursday, February 20, 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.