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The Moon on Saturday, July 5, 1997: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 21°

Moon age

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Moon phase on July 5, 1997Waxing Crescent

Saturday 5 July 1997396,339 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 5, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
396,339 km246,274 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (22°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 5, 1997 is on Sunday, July 20, 1997 at 03:20 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 4, 1997 at 18:40 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, July 4, 199718:40
First Quarter (after)Saturday, July 12, 199721:44

The Moon around July 5

More about this date

Saturday, July 5, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 4, 1997 to the new moon of August 3, 1997, a cycle of 29.57 days.