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The Moon on Saturday, April 19, 1997: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 89.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 21°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on April 19, 1997Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 19 April 1997403,206 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 19, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.6% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
403,206 km250,541 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 19, 1997 is on Tuesday, April 22, 1997 at 20:34 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 7, 1997 at 11:02 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 19

More about this date

Saturday, April 19, 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.