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The Moon on Friday, July 18, 1997: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on July 18, 1997Waxing Gibbous

Friday 18 July 1997370,641 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 18, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.1% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
370,641 km230,305 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 1997 is on Sunday, July 20, 1997 at 03:20 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 4, 1997 at 18:40 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Friday, July 18, 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.