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The Moon on Monday, August 4, 1997: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 24°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on August 4, 1997Waxing Crescent

Monday 4 August 1997404,227 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 4, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.3% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
404,227 km251,175 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 4, 1997 is on Monday, August 18, 1997 at 10:56 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 3, 1997 at 08:14 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 3, 199708:14
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 11, 199712:43

The Moon around August 4

More about this date

Monday, August 4, 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.