New moon dates 1997
- 1997: 13 × new moon — 9 January 1997, 7 February 1997, 9 March 1997, 7 April 1997, 6 May 1997, 5 June 1997, 4 July 1997, 3 August 1997, 2 September 1997, 1 October 1997, 31 October 1997, 30 November 1997, 29 December 1997.
New moon dates 1997
| Date | Time (UTC) | |
|---|---|---|
| Thu 9 Jan | 04:25 | passed |
| Fri 7 Feb | 15:06 | passed |
| Sun 9 Mar | 01:14 | passed |
| Mon 7 Apr | 11:01 | passed |
| Tue 6 May | 20:46 | passed |
| Thu 5 Jun | 07:03 | passed |
| Fri 4 Jul | 18:39 | passed |
| Sun 3 Aug | 08:13 | passed |
| Tue 2 Sep | 23:51 | passed |
| Wed 1 Oct | 16:51 | passed |
| Fri 31 Oct | 10:01 | passed |
| Sun 30 Nov | 02:13 | passed |
| Mon 29 Dec | 16:56 | passed |
Questions people ask
What is a moon day?
A moon day counts the days since the last new moon: the first moon day starts at the new moon, the fifteenth around the full moon. The count on this page is the whole number of days since the last new moon plus one.
Is the moon waxing or waning?
Waxing means the lit part is growing (from new moon to full moon); waning means it is shrinking (from full moon to new moon). In the northern hemisphere a waxing moon is lit on the right.
How are the phase times calculated?
With the algorithms published by Jean Meeus in Astronomical Algorithms (1998), including the periodic terms, which give the phase instants to about one minute.