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The Moon on Sunday, June 22, 1997: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

17.2days

Moon phase on June 22, 1997Waning Gibbous

Sunday 22 June 1997368,079 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 22, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.0% of its visible face lit, 17.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.0%Illumination at noon UTC
17.2 dMoon age
368,079 km228,714 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 22, 1997 is on Friday, June 20, 1997 at 19:09 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 4, 1997 at 18:40 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, June 20, 199719:09
Last Quarter (after)Friday, June 27, 199712:42

The Moon around June 22

More about this date

Sunday, June 22, 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.