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The Moon on Thursday, December 25, 1997: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 18.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on December 25, 1997Waning Crescent

Thursday 25 December 1997396,696 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 25, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.4% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.4%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
396,696 km246,495 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 1997 is on Sunday, December 14, 1997 at 02:37 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 29, 1997 at 16:57 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, December 21, 199721:43
New Moon (after)Monday, December 29, 199716:57

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Thursday, December 25, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 30, 1997 to the new moon of December 29, 1997, a cycle of 29.61 days.