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The Moon on Monday, September 29, 1997: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 12°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on September 29, 1997Waning Crescent

Monday 29 September 1997406,235 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 29, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.3% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
406,235 km252,422 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (13°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 29, 1997 is on Tuesday, September 16, 1997 at 18:51 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 1, 1997 at 16:52 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around September 29

More about this date

Monday, September 29, 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.