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The Moon on Friday, March 14, 1997: Waxing Crescent, 35% lit

Waxing · 34.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on March 14, 1997Waxing Crescent

Friday 14 March 1997384,708 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 14, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 34.9% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
384,708 km239,046 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 14, 1997 is on Monday, March 24, 1997 at 04:45 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 9, 1997 at 01:15 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 14

More about this date

Friday, March 14, 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.