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The Moon on Sunday, March 23, 1997: Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

14.4days

Moon phase on March 23, 1997Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 23 March 1997403,534 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 23, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
403,534 km250,744 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 1997 is on Monday, March 24, 1997 at 04:45 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 9, 1997 at 01:15 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Sunday, March 23, 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.