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The Moon on Friday, August 8, 1997: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 22.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on August 8, 1997Waxing Crescent

Friday 8 August 1997404,118 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 8, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.3% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
404,118 km251,107 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 1997 is on Monday, August 18, 1997 at 10:56 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 3, 1997 at 08:14 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Friday, August 8, 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.