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The Moon on Wednesday, October 22, 1997: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 57.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 21°

Moon age

20.8days

Moon phase on October 22, 1997Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 22 October 1997392,507 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 22, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 57.1% of its visible face lit, 20.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.8 dMoon age
392,507 km243,892 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (21°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 1997 is on Thursday, October 16, 1997 at 03:46 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 31, 1997 at 10:01 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Wednesday, October 22, 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.