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The Moon on Thursday, June 26, 1997: Waning Gibbous, 62% lit

Waning · 61.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 21°

Moon age

21.2days

Moon phase on June 26, 1997Waning Gibbous

Thursday 26 June 1997368,834 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 26, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.8% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
368,834 km229,183 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (21°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 26, 1997 is on Friday, June 20, 1997 at 19:09 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 4, 1997 at 18:40 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around June 26

More about this date

Thursday, June 26, 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.