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The Moon on Sunday, December 14, 1997: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Full Moon at

02:37UTC

Moon phase on December 14, 1997Full Moon

Sunday 14 December 1997378,910 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 14, 1997, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
378,910 km235,444 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Cold Moon, 377,353 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, December 7, 199706:09
Full Moon (this day)Sunday, December 14, 199702:37
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, December 21, 199721:43

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Sunday, December 14, 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.