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The Moon on Sunday, July 13, 1997: Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit

Waxing · 55.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on July 13, 1997Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 13 July 1997397,476 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 13, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 55.9% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

55.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
397,476 km246,980 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (28°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 13, 1997 is on Sunday, July 20, 1997 at 03:20 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 4, 1997 at 18:40 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, July 12, 199721:44
Full Moon (after)Sunday, July 20, 199703:20

The Moon around July 13

More about this date

Sunday, July 13, 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.