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The Moon on Sunday, April 13, 1997: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 38.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on April 13, 1997Waxing Crescent

Sunday 13 April 1997394,793 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 13, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.4% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
394,793 km245,313 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (10°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 13, 1997 is on Tuesday, April 22, 1997 at 20:34 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 7, 1997 at 11:02 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 13

More about this date

Sunday, April 13, 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.