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The Moon on Thursday, July 17, 1997: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 90.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 19°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on July 17, 1997Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 17 July 1997375,917 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 17, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.7% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
375,917 km233,584 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1997 is on Sunday, July 20, 1997 at 03:20 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 4, 1997 at 18:40 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Thursday, July 17, 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.