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The Moon on Sunday, September 21, 1997: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 71.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

Moon age

19.5days

Moon phase on September 21, 1997Waning Gibbous

Sunday 21 September 1997375,935 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 21, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.5% of its visible face lit, 19.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.5%Illumination at noon UTC
19.5 dMoon age
375,935 km233,595 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 21, 1997 is on Tuesday, September 16, 1997 at 18:51 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 1, 1997 at 16:52 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, September 16, 199718:51
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, September 23, 199713:35

The Moon around September 21

More about this date

Sunday, September 21, 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.