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The Moon on Tuesday, March 4, 1997: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 27.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 10°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on March 4, 1997Waning Crescent

Tuesday 4 March 1997369,915 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 4, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.7% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
369,915 km229,855 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 4, 1997 is on Saturday, February 22, 1997 at 10:27 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 9, 1997 at 01:15 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, March 2, 199709:38
New Moon (after)Sunday, March 9, 199701:15

The Moon around March 4

More about this date

Tuesday, March 4, 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.