Waxing · 21.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 06°
Moon age
4.4days
Moon phase on December 4, 1997Waxing Crescent
On Thursday, December 4, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.1% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.
21.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
375,966 km233,614 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (7°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 4, 1997 is on Sunday, December 14, 1997 at 02:37 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 30, 1997 at 02:14 UTC, 4 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Sunday, November 30, 1997 | 02:14 |
| First Quarter (after) | Sunday, December 7, 1997 | 06:09 |
The Moon around December 4
More about this date
Thursday, December 4, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 30, 1997 to the new moon of December 29, 1997, a cycle of 29.61 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 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.