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The Moon on Sunday, July 20, 1997: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Full Moon at

03:20UTC

Moon phase on July 20, 1997Full Moon

Sunday 20 July 1997363,254 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 20, 1997, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 15.7 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
15.7 dMoon age
363,254 km225,716 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Buck Moon, 364,184 km from Earth. Supermoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 1997 is on Sunday, July 20, 1997 at 03:20 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 3, 1997 at 08:14 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, July 12, 199721:44
Full Moon (this day)Sunday, July 20, 199703:20
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, July 26, 199718:28

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Sunday, July 20, 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.