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The Moon on Saturday, March 15, 1997: Waxing Crescent, 45% lit

Waxing · 45.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

Moon age

6.4days

Moon phase on March 15, 1997Waxing Crescent

Saturday 15 March 1997390,570 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 15, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 45.0% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

45.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
390,570 km242,689 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 1997 is on Monday, March 24, 1997 at 04:45 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 9, 1997 at 01:15 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Saturday, March 15, 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.