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The Moon on Thursday, June 19, 1997: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 11°

Moon age

14.2days

Moon phase on June 19, 1997Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 19 June 1997378,451 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 19, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.7% of its visible face lit, 14.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.2 dMoon age
378,451 km235,159 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (11°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 19, 1997 is on Friday, June 20, 1997 at 19:09 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 5, 1997 at 07:04 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 19

More about this date

Thursday, June 19, 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.