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The Moon on Sunday, May 11, 1997: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 23.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on May 11, 1997Waxing Crescent

Sunday 11 May 1997394,885 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 11, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.0% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.0%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
394,885 km245,370 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 1997 is on Thursday, May 22, 1997 at 09:13 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 6, 1997 at 20:47 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Sunday, May 11, 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.