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The Moon on Wednesday, May 7, 1997: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 25°

Moon age

0.6days

Moon phase on May 7, 1997Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 7 May 1997375,565 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 7, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 0.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
0.6 dMoon age
375,565 km233,365 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (25°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 7, 1997 is on Tuesday, April 22, 1997 at 20:34 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 6, 1997 at 20:47 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 6, 199720:47
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 14, 199710:55

The Moon around May 7

More about this date

Wednesday, May 7, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 1997 to the new moon of June 5, 1997, a cycle of 29.43 days.