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The Moon on Saturday, July 19, 1997: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

14.7days

Moon phase on July 19, 1997Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 19 July 1997366,298 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 19, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
366,298 km227,607 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 19, 1997 is on Sunday, July 20, 1997 at 03:20 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 4, 1997 at 18:40 UTC, 15 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 19

More about this date

Saturday, July 19, 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.