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The Moon on Wednesday, October 8, 1997: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 39.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 02°

Moon age

6.8days

Moon phase on October 8, 1997Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 8 October 1997384,112 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 8, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.3% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
384,112 km238,676 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 1997 is on Thursday, October 16, 1997 at 03:46 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 1, 1997 at 16:52 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, October 1, 199716:52
First Quarter (after)Thursday, October 9, 199712:22

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Wednesday, October 8, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 1, 1997 to the new moon of October 31, 1997, a cycle of 29.71 days.