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The Moon on Sunday, July 27, 1997: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 42.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 13°

Moon age

22.7days

Moon phase on July 27, 1997Waning Crescent

Sunday 27 July 1997378,120 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 27, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.1% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
378,120 km234,953 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (14°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 1997 is on Sunday, July 20, 1997 at 03:20 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 3, 1997 at 08:14 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, July 26, 199718:28
New Moon (after)Sunday, August 3, 199708:14

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Sunday, July 27, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 4, 1997 to the new moon of August 3, 1997, a cycle of 29.57 days.