Waxing · 52.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°
First Quarter at
06:09UTC
Moon phase on December 7, 1997First Quarter
On Sunday, December 7, 1997, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.9% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
52.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
370,406 km230,159 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 7, 1997 is on Sunday, December 14, 1997 at 02:37 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 30, 1997 at 02:14 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Sunday, November 30, 1997 | 02:14 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Sunday, December 7, 1997 | 06:09 |
| Full Moon (after) | Sunday, December 14, 1997 | 02:37 |
The Moon around December 7
More about this date
Sunday, December 7, 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.