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The Moon on Friday, October 24, 1997: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 37.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 15°

Moon age

22.8days

Moon phase on October 24, 1997Waning Crescent

Friday 24 October 1997401,098 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 24, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.6% of its visible face lit, 22.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.8 dMoon age
401,098 km249,230 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (16°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 1997 is on Thursday, October 16, 1997 at 03:46 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 31, 1997 at 10:01 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, October 23, 199704:48
New Moon (after)Friday, October 31, 199710:01

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Friday, October 24, 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.