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The Moon on Friday, August 29, 1997: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 11.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

26.2days

Moon phase on August 29, 1997Waning Crescent

Friday 29 August 1997400,135 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 29, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.0% of its visible face lit, 26.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.0%Illumination at noon UTC
26.2 dMoon age
400,135 km248,633 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (28°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1997 is on Monday, August 18, 1997 at 10:56 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 1, 1997 at 23:52 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, August 25, 199702:24
New Moon (after)Monday, September 1, 199723:52

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Friday, August 29, 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.