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The Moon on Wednesday, December 10, 1997: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 83.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on December 10, 1997Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 10 December 1997369,113 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 10, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.9% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
369,113 km229,356 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 10, 1997 is on Sunday, December 14, 1997 at 02:37 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 30, 1997 at 02:14 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, December 7, 199706:09
Full Moon (after)Sunday, December 14, 199702:37

The Moon around December 10

More about this date

Wednesday, December 10, 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.