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The Moon on Wednesday, March 19, 1997: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 07°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on March 19, 1997Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 19 March 1997404,911 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 19, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.4% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
404,911 km251,600 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 19, 1997 is on Monday, March 24, 1997 at 04:45 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 9, 1997 at 01:15 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 19

More about this date

Wednesday, March 19, 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.