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The Moon on Thursday, April 10, 1997: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on April 10, 1997Waxing Crescent

Thursday 10 April 1997378,014 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 10, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.0% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
378,014 km234,887 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 10, 1997 is on Tuesday, April 22, 1997 at 20:34 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 7, 1997 at 11:02 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 10

More about this date

Thursday, April 10, 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.