Waxing · 94.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°
Moon age
13.0days
Moon phase on April 20, 1997Waxing Gibbous
On Sunday, April 20, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.7% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
94.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
401,014 km249,179 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to April 20, 1997 is on Tuesday, April 22, 1997 at 20:34 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 7, 1997 at 11:02 UTC, 13 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Monday, April 14, 1997 | 17:00 |
| Full Moon (after) | Tuesday, April 22, 1997 | 20:34 |
The Moon around April 20
More about this date
Sunday, April 20, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in April 1997, or the whole moon calendar 1997.
- The same date one year apart: 1996 · 1998.
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