Skip to content
The Moon on Sunday, June 15, 1997: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 71.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

Moon age

10.2days

Moon phase on June 15, 1997Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 15 June 1997397,512 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 15, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.5% of its visible face lit, 10.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.2 dMoon age
397,512 km247,003 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (20°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 15, 1997 is on Friday, June 20, 1997 at 19:09 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 5, 1997 at 07:04 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, June 13, 199704:52
Full Moon (after)Friday, June 20, 199719:09

The Moon around June 15

More about this date

Sunday, June 15, 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.