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The Moon on Sunday, October 19, 1997: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 85.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

17.8days

Moon phase on October 19, 1997Waning Gibbous

Sunday 19 October 1997374,582 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 19, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.1% of its visible face lit, 17.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.1%Illumination at noon UTC
17.8 dMoon age
374,582 km232,755 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 1997 is on Thursday, October 16, 1997 at 03:46 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 31, 1997 at 10:01 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, October 16, 199703:46
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, October 23, 199704:48

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Sunday, October 19, 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.