Waxing · 0.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 17°
New Moon at
07:04UTC
Moon phase on June 5, 1997New Moon
On Thursday, June 5, 1997, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.6 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .
0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.6 dMoon age
384,460 km238,892 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (17°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to June 5, 1997 is on Thursday, May 22, 1997 at 09:13 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 5, 1997 at 07:04 UTC, the same day.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Last Quarter (before) | Thursday, May 29, 1997 | 07:51 |
| New Moon (this day) | Thursday, June 5, 1997 | 07:04 |
| First Quarter (after) | Friday, June 13, 1997 | 04:52 |
The Moon around June 5
More about this date
Thursday, June 5, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 5, 1997 to the new moon of July 4, 1997, a cycle of 29.48 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in June 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.