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The Moon on Monday, June 9, 1997: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 17.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

Moon age

4.2days

Moon phase on June 9, 1997Waxing Crescent

Monday 9 June 1997399,884 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 9, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.7% of its visible face lit, 4.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.2 dMoon age
399,884 km248,476 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 9, 1997 is on Friday, June 20, 1997 at 19:09 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 5, 1997 at 07:04 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, June 5, 199707:04
First Quarter (after)Friday, June 13, 199704:52

The Moon around June 9

More about this date

Monday, June 9, 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.