Waxing · 99.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°
Full Moon at
18:51UTC
Moon phase on September 16, 1997Full Moon
On Tuesday, September 16, 1997, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 14.5 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
14.5 dMoon age
356,976 km221,815 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (20°)
33.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Harvest Moon (also called the Corn Moon), 356,977 km from Earth. Closest supermoon of the yearTotal lunar eclipse
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to September 16, 1997 is on Tuesday, September 16, 1997 at 18:51 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 1, 1997 at 23:52 UTC, 15 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Wednesday, September 10, 1997 | 01:31 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Tuesday, September 16, 1997 | 18:51 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Tuesday, September 23, 1997 | 13:35 |
The Moon around September 16
More about this date
Tuesday, September 16, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 1, 1997 to the new moon of October 1, 1997, a cycle of 29.71 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in September 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.