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The Moon on Friday, September 5, 1997: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 10.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 20°

Moon age

3.5days

Moon phase on September 5, 1997Waxing Crescent

Friday 5 September 1997403,961 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 5, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.7% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.7%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
403,961 km251,010 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 5, 1997 is on Tuesday, September 16, 1997 at 18:51 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 1, 1997 at 23:52 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, September 1, 199723:52
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, September 10, 199701:31

The Moon around September 5

More about this date

Friday, September 5, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 1, 1997 to the new moon of October 1, 1997, a cycle of 29.71 days.