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The Moon on Wednesday, March 12, 1997: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 16.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on March 12, 1997Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 12 March 1997372,237 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 12, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.1% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
372,237 km231,297 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1997 is on Monday, March 24, 1997 at 04:45 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 9, 1997 at 01:15 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, March 9, 199701:15
First Quarter (after)Sunday, March 16, 199700:06

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Wednesday, March 12, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 9, 1997 to the new moon of April 7, 1997, a cycle of 29.41 days.