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The Moon on Sunday, August 24, 1997: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 56.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

21.2days

Moon phase on August 24, 1997Waning Gibbous

Sunday 24 August 1997377,652 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 24, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.6% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.6%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
377,652 km234,662 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 1997 is on Monday, August 18, 1997 at 10:56 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 1, 1997 at 23:52 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, August 18, 199710:56
Last Quarter (after)Monday, August 25, 199702:24

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Sunday, August 24, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 3, 1997 to the new moon of September 1, 1997, a cycle of 29.65 days.