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The Moon on Saturday, August 9, 1997: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 30.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 24°

Moon age

6.2days

Moon phase on August 9, 1997Waxing Crescent

Saturday 9 August 1997401,644 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 9, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.7% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
401,644 km249,570 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 1997 is on Monday, August 18, 1997 at 10:56 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 3, 1997 at 08:14 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Saturday, August 9, 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.