Waning · 98.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 16°
Moon age
16.6days
Moon phase on May 23, 1997Waning Gibbous
On Friday, May 23, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.3% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
98.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
379,313 km235,694 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (16°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 23, 1997 is on Thursday, May 22, 1997 at 09:13 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 5, 1997 at 07:04 UTC, 13 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Thursday, May 22, 1997 | 09:13 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Thursday, May 29, 1997 | 07:51 |
The Moon around May 23
More about this date
Friday, May 23, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 1997, or the whole moon calendar 1997.
- The same date one year apart: 1996 · 1998.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.