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The Moon on Wednesday, July 16, 1997: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on July 16, 1997Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 16 July 1997381,682 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 16, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.4% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
381,682 km237,166 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 1997 is on Sunday, July 20, 1997 at 03:20 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 4, 1997 at 18:40 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Wednesday, July 16, 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.