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The Moon on Tuesday, October 14, 1997: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on October 14, 1997Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 14 October 1997359,161 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 14, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.9% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
359,161 km223,172 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 14, 1997 is on Thursday, October 16, 1997 at 03:46 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 1, 1997 at 16:52 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 14

More about this date

Tuesday, October 14, 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.