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The Moon on Thursday, September 25, 1997: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 31.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 24°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on September 25, 1997Waning Crescent

Thursday 25 September 1997397,796 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 25, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.2% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
397,796 km247,179 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (25°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 25, 1997 is on Tuesday, September 16, 1997 at 18:51 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 1, 1997 at 16:52 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, September 23, 199713:35
New Moon (after)Wednesday, October 1, 199716:52

The Moon around September 25

More about this date

Thursday, September 25, 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.