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The Moon on Saturday, December 27, 1997: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on December 27, 1997Waning Crescent

Saturday 27 December 1997387,883 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 27, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.7% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
387,883 km241,019 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1997 is on Sunday, December 14, 1997 at 02:37 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 29, 1997 at 16:57 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Saturday, December 27, 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.