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The Moon on Saturday, March 1, 1997: Waning Gibbous, 60% lit

Waning · 59.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 29°

Moon age

21.9days

Moon phase on March 1, 1997Waning Gibbous

Saturday 1 March 1997386,425 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 1, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 59.6% of its visible face lit, 21.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

59.6%Illumination at noon UTC
21.9 dMoon age
386,425 km240,114 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (30°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 1, 1997 is on Saturday, February 22, 1997 at 10:27 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 9, 1997 at 01:15 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, February 22, 199710:27
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, March 2, 199709:38

The Moon around March 1

More about this date

Saturday, March 1, 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.