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The Moon on Saturday, April 26, 1997: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 86.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on April 26, 1997Waning Gibbous

Saturday 26 April 1997381,592 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 26, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.0% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.0%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
381,592 km237,110 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 1997 is on Tuesday, April 22, 1997 at 20:34 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 6, 1997 at 20:47 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, April 22, 199720:34
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 30, 199702:37

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Saturday, April 26, 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.