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The Moon on Tuesday, October 28, 1997: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 02°

Moon age

26.8days

Moon phase on October 28, 1997Waning Crescent

Tuesday 28 October 1997405,011 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 28, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.7% of its visible face lit, 26.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.8 dMoon age
405,011 km251,662 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 1997 is on Thursday, October 16, 1997 at 03:46 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 31, 1997 at 10:01 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Tuesday, October 28, 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.