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The Moon on Thursday, May 29, 1997: Last Quarter, 48% lit

Waning · 48.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 10°

Last Quarter at

07:51UTC

Moon phase on May 29, 1997Last Quarter

Thursday 29 May 1997369,789 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 29, 1997, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 48.1% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

48.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
369,789 km229,776 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (10°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 1997 is on Thursday, May 22, 1997 at 09:13 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 5, 1997 at 07:04 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 22, 199709:13
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, May 29, 199707:51
New Moon (after)Thursday, June 5, 199707:04

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Thursday, May 29, 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.