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The Moon on Sunday, April 27, 1997: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 77.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on April 27, 1997Waning Gibbous

Sunday 27 April 1997378,455 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 27, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 77.7% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

77.7%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
378,455 km235,161 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 1997 is on Tuesday, April 22, 1997 at 20:34 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 6, 1997 at 20:47 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Sunday, April 27, 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.