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The Moon on Monday, April 14, 1997: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 48.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

First Quarter at

17:00UTC

Moon phase on April 14, 1997First Quarter

Monday 14 April 1997399,076 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 14, 1997, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.1% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
399,076 km247,974 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (22°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 14, 1997 is on Tuesday, April 22, 1997 at 20:34 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 7, 1997 at 11:02 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 7, 199711:02
First Quarter (this day)Monday, April 14, 199717:00
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, April 22, 199720:34

The Moon around April 14

More about this date

Monday, April 14, 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.