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The Moon on Sunday, August 3, 1997: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 12°

New Moon at

08:14UTC

Moon phase on August 3, 1997New Moon

Sunday 3 August 1997402,384 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 3, 1997, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.1% of its visible face lit, 29.7 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.1%Illumination at noon UTC
29.7 dMoon age
402,384 km250,030 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (13°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, July 26, 199718:28
New Moon (this day)Sunday, August 3, 199708:14
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 11, 199712:43

The Moon around August 3

More about this date

Sunday, August 3, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 3, 1997 to the new moon of September 1, 1997, a cycle of 29.65 days.