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The Moon on Wednesday, June 4, 1997: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 04°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on June 4, 1997Waning Crescent

Wednesday 4 June 1997380,663 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 4, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
380,663 km236,533 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (4°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 4, 1997 is on Thursday, May 22, 1997 at 09:13 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 5, 1997 at 07:04 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 29, 199707:51
New Moon (after)Thursday, June 5, 199707:04

The Moon around June 4

More about this date

Wednesday, June 4, 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.