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The Moon on Sunday, October 26, 1997: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 20.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 09°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on October 26, 1997Waning Crescent

Sunday 26 October 1997405,200 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 26, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.5% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
405,200 km251,780 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 1997 is on Thursday, October 16, 1997 at 03:46 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 31, 1997 at 10:01 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Sunday, October 26, 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.