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The Moon on Friday, December 19, 1997: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 72.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 01°

Moon age

19.4days

Moon phase on December 19, 1997Waning Gibbous

Friday 19 December 1997400,347 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 19, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.1% of its visible face lit, 19.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.1%Illumination at noon UTC
19.4 dMoon age
400,347 km248,764 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 19, 1997 is on Sunday, December 14, 1997 at 02:37 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 29, 1997 at 16:57 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, December 14, 199702:37
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, December 21, 199721:43

The Moon around December 19

More about this date

Friday, December 19, 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.