Waxing · 49.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 18°
First Quarter at
12:43UTC
Moon phase on August 11, 1997First Quarter
On Monday, August 11, 1997, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.8% of its visible face lit, 8.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
49.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.2 dMoon age
393,487 km244,501 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (19°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 11, 1997 is on Monday, August 18, 1997 at 10:56 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 3, 1997 at 08:14 UTC, 8 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Sunday, August 3, 1997 | 08:14 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Monday, August 11, 1997 | 12:43 |
| Full Moon (after) | Monday, August 18, 1997 | 10:56 |
The Moon around August 11
More about this date
Monday, August 11, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 1997, or the whole moon calendar 1997.
- The same date one year apart: 1996 · 1998.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.