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The Moon on Tuesday, August 12, 1997: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 60.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 01°

Moon age

9.2days

Moon phase on August 12, 1997Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 12 August 1997388,037 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 12, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.0% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
388,037 km241,115 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (1°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1997 is on Monday, August 18, 1997 at 10:56 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 3, 1997 at 08:14 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 11, 199712:43
Full Moon (after)Monday, August 18, 199710:56

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Tuesday, August 12, 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.