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The Moon on Tuesday, July 1, 1997: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 11.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

26.2days

Moon phase on July 1, 1997Waning Crescent

Tuesday 1 July 1997382,756 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 1, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.6% of its visible face lit, 26.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.2 dMoon age
382,756 km237,834 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (0°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 1, 1997 is on Friday, June 20, 1997 at 19:09 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 4, 1997 at 18:40 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, June 27, 199712:42
New Moon (after)Friday, July 4, 199718:40

The Moon around July 1

More about this date

Tuesday, July 1, 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.