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The Moon on Friday, February 21, 1997: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 22°

Moon age

13.9days

Moon phase on February 21, 1997Waxing Gibbous

Friday 21 February 1997406,371 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 21, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 13.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
13.9 dMoon age
406,371 km252,507 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (23°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 21, 1997 is on Saturday, February 22, 1997 at 10:27 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 7, 1997 at 15:06 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 21

More about this date

Friday, February 21, 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.