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The Moon on Sunday, September 28, 1997: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 8.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 00°

Moon age

26.5days

Moon phase on September 28, 1997Waning Crescent

Sunday 28 September 1997405,480 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 28, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.9% of its visible face lit, 26.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.5 dMoon age
405,480 km251,953 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (1°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 28, 1997 is on Tuesday, September 16, 1997 at 18:51 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 1, 1997 at 16:52 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Sunday, September 28, 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.