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The Moon on Wednesday, June 18, 1997: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 27°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on June 18, 1997Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 18 June 1997383,354 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 18, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.5% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
383,354 km238,205 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (28°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 18, 1997 is on Friday, June 20, 1997 at 19:09 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 5, 1997 at 07:04 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 18

More about this date

Wednesday, June 18, 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.