Waxing · 55.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 01°
First Quarter at
00:06UTC
Moon phase on March 16, 1997First Quarter
On Sunday, March 16, 1997, the Moon was a First Quarter: 55.1% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
55.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
395,695 km245,873 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (2°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 16, 1997 is on Monday, March 24, 1997 at 04:45 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 9, 1997 at 01:15 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Sunday, March 9, 1997 | 01:15 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Sunday, March 16, 1997 | 00:06 |
| Full Moon (after) | Monday, March 24, 1997 | 04:45 |
The Moon around March 16
More about this date
Sunday, March 16, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in March 1997, or the whole moon calendar 1997.
- The same date one year apart: 1996 · 1998.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.