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The Moon on Friday, April 11, 1997: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 19.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on April 11, 1997Waxing Crescent

Friday 11 April 1997383,895 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 11, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.9% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
383,895 km238,541 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (14°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 11, 1997 is on Tuesday, April 22, 1997 at 20:34 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 7, 1997 at 11:02 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 11

More about this date

Friday, April 11, 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.