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The Moon on Wednesday, August 13, 1997: Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit

Waxing · 70.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

Moon age

10.2days

Moon phase on August 13, 1997Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 13 August 1997382,006 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 13, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.0% of its visible face lit, 10.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.2 dMoon age
382,006 km237,367 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (14°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around August 13

More about this date

Wednesday, August 13, 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.