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The Moon on Saturday, May 24, 1997: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 94.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 00°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on May 24, 1997Waning Gibbous

Saturday 24 May 1997376,195 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 24, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.5% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
376,195 km233,756 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (0°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1997 is on Thursday, May 22, 1997 at 09:13 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 5, 1997 at 07:04 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 22, 199709:13
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 29, 199707:51

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Saturday, May 24, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 1997 to the new moon of June 5, 1997, a cycle of 29.43 days.