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The Moon on Thursday, March 13, 1997: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 25.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 22°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on March 13, 1997Waxing Crescent

Thursday 13 March 1997378,449 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 13, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.1% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
378,449 km235,157 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 13, 1997 is on Monday, March 24, 1997 at 04:45 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 9, 1997 at 01:15 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 13

More about this date

Thursday, March 13, 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.