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The Moon on Saturday, December 6, 1997: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 41.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 04°

Moon age

6.4days

Moon phase on December 6, 1997Waxing Crescent

Saturday 6 December 1997371,898 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 6, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.6% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
371,898 km231,087 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (5°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 6, 1997 is on Sunday, December 14, 1997 at 02:37 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 30, 1997 at 02:14 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, November 30, 199702:14
First Quarter (after)Sunday, December 7, 199706:09

The Moon around December 6

More about this date

Saturday, December 6, 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.