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The Moon on Saturday, September 27, 1997: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 15.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 18°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on September 27, 1997Waning Crescent

Saturday 27 September 1997403,866 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 27, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.1% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
403,866 km250,951 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 27, 1997 is on Tuesday, September 16, 1997 at 18:51 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 1, 1997 at 16:52 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around September 27

More about this date

Saturday, September 27, 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.