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The Moon on Saturday, October 25, 1997: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 28.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on October 25, 1997Waning Crescent

Saturday 25 October 1997403,728 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 25, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.7% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
403,728 km250,865 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 25, 1997 is on Thursday, October 16, 1997 at 03:46 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 31, 1997 at 10:01 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around October 25

More about this date

Saturday, October 25, 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.