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The Moon on Tuesday, April 22, 1997: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

Full Moon at

20:34UTC

Moon phase on April 22, 1997Full Moon

Tuesday 22 April 1997395,056 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 22, 1997, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
395,056 km245,476 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (28°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Pink Moon, 393,866 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 1997 is on Tuesday, April 22, 1997 at 20:34 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 6, 1997 at 20:47 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, April 14, 199717:00
Full Moon (this day)Tuesday, April 22, 199720:34
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 30, 199702:37

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Tuesday, April 22, 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.