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The Moon on Saturday, July 12, 1997: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 15°

First Quarter at

21:44UTC

Moon phase on July 12, 1997First Quarter

Saturday 12 July 1997401,085 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 12, 1997, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.2% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
401,085 km249,223 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (16°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 1997 is on Sunday, July 20, 1997 at 03:20 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 4, 1997 at 18:40 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, July 4, 199718:40
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, July 12, 199721:44
Full Moon (after)Sunday, July 20, 199703:20

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Saturday, July 12, 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.