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The Moon on Tuesday, August 5, 1997: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 06°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on August 5, 1997Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 5 August 1997405,448 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 5, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.2% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
405,448 km251,934 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (7°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 5, 1997 is on Monday, August 18, 1997 at 10:56 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 3, 1997 at 08:14 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 5

More about this date

Tuesday, August 5, 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.