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The Moon on Wednesday, July 23, 1997: Waning Gibbous, 84% lit

Waning · 84.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 17°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on July 23, 1997Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 23 July 1997363,313 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 23, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 84.4% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

84.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
363,313 km225,752 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (17°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1997 is on Sunday, July 20, 1997 at 03:20 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 3, 1997 at 08:14 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, July 20, 199703:20
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, July 26, 199718:28

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Wednesday, July 23, 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.