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The Moon on Tuesday, September 30, 1997: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on September 30, 1997Waning Crescent

Tuesday 30 September 1997406,223 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 30, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.3% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.3%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
406,223 km252,415 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (24°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 30, 1997 is on Tuesday, September 16, 1997 at 18:51 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 1, 1997 at 16:52 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around September 30

More about this date

Tuesday, September 30, 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.