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The Moon on Friday, April 18, 1997: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 09°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on April 18, 1997Waxing Gibbous

Friday 18 April 1997404,592 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 18, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.1% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
404,592 km251,402 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (10°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 1997 is on Tuesday, April 22, 1997 at 20:34 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 7, 1997 at 11:02 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Friday, April 18, 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.