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Moon phases October 1997

New moon
Wed 01 Oct
16:52 UTC
First quarter
Thu 09 Oct
12:22 UTC
Full · Hunter's
Thu 16 Oct
03:46 UTC
Last quarter
Thu 23 Oct
04:48 UTC
New moon
Fri 31 Oct
10:01 UTC

In October 1997 the primary moon phases are the New Moon on Wednesday, October 1 at 16:52 UTC, the First Quarter on Thursday, October 9 at 12:22 UTC, the Full Moon on Thursday, October 16 at 03:46 UTC, the Last Quarter on Thursday, October 23 at 04:48 UTC and the New Moon on Friday, October 31 at 10:01 UTC. The full moon is the Hunter's Moon.

01New New Moon, 0% lit 0%16:52 02 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 03 Waxing Crescent, 3% lit 3% 04 Waxing Crescent, 7% lit 7% 05 Waxing Crescent, 13% lit 13% 06 Waxing Crescent, 21% lit 21% 07 Waxing Crescent, 29% lit 29% 08 Waxing Crescent, 39% lit 39% 09First Q First Quarter, 50% lit 50%12:22 10 Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit 61% 11 Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit 72% 12 Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit 82% 13 Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit 90% 14 Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 15 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 16Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%03:46 17 Waning Gibbous, 97% lit 97% 18 Waning Gibbous, 92% lit 92% 19 Waning Gibbous, 85% lit 85% 20 Waning Gibbous, 76% lit 76% 21 Waning Gibbous, 67% lit 67% 22 Waning Gibbous, 57% lit 57% 23Last Q Last Quarter, 47% lit 47%04:48 24 Waning Crescent, 38% lit 38% 25 Waning Crescent, 29% lit 29% 26 Waning Crescent, 21% lit 21% 27 Waning Crescent, 13% lit 13% 28 Waning Crescent, 8% lit 8% 29 Waning Crescent, 3% lit 3% 30 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 31New New Moon, 0% lit 0%10:01

Exact phase times

October 1997 has five primary moon phases: the New Moon on October 1, the First Quarter on October 9, the Full Moon on October 16, the Last Quarter on October 23 and the New Moon on October 31.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
New MoonWednesday, October 1, 199716:52
First QuarterThursday, October 9, 199712:22
Full MoonThursday, October 16, 199703:46
Last QuarterThursday, October 23, 199704:48
New MoonFriday, October 31, 199710:01

Thursday, October 16, 1997: Hunter's Moon, 359,906 km from Earth. Supermoon

Full moons · 1997

Twelve full moons, one blue

23 Jan Wolf Micromoon 22 Feb Snow Micromoon 24 Mar Worm partial eclipse 22 Apr Pink 22 May Flower Blue moon 20 Jun Straw­berry 20 Jul Buck Supermoon 18 Aug Sturgeon Supermoon 16 Sept Harvest total eclipse 16 Oct Hunter’s Supermoon 14 Nov Beaver Supermoon 14 Dec Cold