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The Moon on Friday, August 1, 1997: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 18°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on August 1, 1997Waning Crescent

Friday 1 August 1997397,228 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 1, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.4% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
397,228 km246,826 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 1997 is on Sunday, July 20, 1997 at 03:20 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 3, 1997 at 08:14 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Friday, August 1, 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.