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The Moon on Wednesday, July 30, 1997: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 14.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on July 30, 1997Waning Crescent

Wednesday 30 July 1997390,495 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 30, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.3% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
390,495 km242,642 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 30, 1997 is on Sunday, July 20, 1997 at 03:20 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 3, 1997 at 08:14 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around July 30

More about this date

Wednesday, July 30, 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.