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The Moon on Sunday, October 12, 1997: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 81.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on October 12, 1997Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 12 October 1997364,375 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 12, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.5% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
364,375 km226,412 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1997 is on Thursday, October 16, 1997 at 03:46 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 1, 1997 at 16:52 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, October 9, 199712:22
Full Moon (after)Thursday, October 16, 199703:46

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Sunday, October 12, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 1, 1997 to the new moon of October 31, 1997, a cycle of 29.71 days.