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The Moon on Thursday, July 10, 1997: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 28.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 21°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on July 10, 1997Waxing Crescent

Thursday 10 July 1997404,760 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 10, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.0% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
404,760 km251,506 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 10, 1997 is on Sunday, July 20, 1997 at 03:20 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 4, 1997 at 18:40 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 10

More about this date

Thursday, July 10, 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.