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The Moon on Tuesday, August 19, 1997: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 11°

Moon age

16.2days

Moon phase on August 19, 1997Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 19 August 1997358,089 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 19, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.3% of its visible face lit, 16.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.2 dMoon age
358,089 km222,506 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 1997 is on Monday, August 18, 1997 at 10:56 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 1, 1997 at 23:52 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, August 18, 199710:56
Last Quarter (after)Monday, August 25, 199702:24

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Tuesday, August 19, 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.