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The Moon on Saturday, August 16, 1997: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on August 16, 1997Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 16 August 1997364,647 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 16, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.3% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
364,647 km226,581 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1997 is on Monday, August 18, 1997 at 10:56 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 3, 1997 at 08:14 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Saturday, August 16, 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.