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The Moon on Wednesday, April 9, 1997: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 17°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on April 9, 1997Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 9 April 1997372,448 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 9, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.7% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
372,448 km231,428 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (17°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 9, 1997 is on Tuesday, April 22, 1997 at 20:34 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 7, 1997 at 11:02 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 7, 199711:02
First Quarter (after)Monday, April 14, 199717:00

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Wednesday, April 9, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 7, 1997 to the new moon of May 6, 1997, a cycle of 29.41 days.