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The Moon on Friday, March 7, 1997: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on March 7, 1997Waning Crescent

Friday 7 March 1997358,476 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 7, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.7% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
358,476 km222,747 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 7, 1997 is on Saturday, February 22, 1997 at 10:27 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 9, 1997 at 01:15 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around March 7

More about this date

Friday, March 7, 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.