Waning · 17.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°
Moon age
25.2days
Moon phase on August 28, 1997Waning Crescent
On Thursday, August 28, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.8% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
17.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
396,875 km246,607 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (16°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 28, 1997 is on Monday, August 18, 1997 at 10:56 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 1, 1997 at 23:52 UTC, 4 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Last Quarter (before) | Monday, August 25, 1997 | 02:24 |
| New Moon (after) | Monday, September 1, 1997 | 23:52 |
The Moon around August 28
More about this date
Thursday, August 28, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 1997, or the whole moon calendar 1997.
- The same date one year apart: 1996 · 1998.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.