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The Moon on Monday, March 17, 1997: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 64.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on March 17, 1997Waxing Gibbous

Monday 17 March 1997399,855 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 17, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.6% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
399,855 km248,458 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 1997 is on Monday, March 24, 1997 at 04:45 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 9, 1997 at 01:15 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, March 16, 199700:06
Full Moon (after)Monday, March 24, 199704:45

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Monday, March 17, 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.