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The Moon on Thursday, October 30, 1997: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

Moon age

28.8days

Moon phase on October 30, 1997Waning Crescent

Thursday 30 October 1997401,626 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 30, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 28.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.8 dMoon age
401,626 km249,559 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 30, 1997 is on Thursday, October 16, 1997 at 03:46 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 31, 1997 at 10:01 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 30

More about this date

Thursday, October 30, 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.