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The Moon on Thursday, April 17, 1997: Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit

Waxing · 75.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 28°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on April 17, 1997Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 17 April 1997404,981 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 17, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 75.5% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

75.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
404,981 km251,643 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 1997 is on Tuesday, April 22, 1997 at 20:34 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 7, 1997 at 11:02 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, April 14, 199717:00
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, April 22, 199720:34

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Thursday, April 17, 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.