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The Moon on Tuesday, April 29, 1997: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 57.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Moon age

22.0days

Moon phase on April 29, 1997Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 29 April 1997372,751 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 29, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 57.0% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.0%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
372,751 km231,617 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (1°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 1997 is on Tuesday, April 22, 1997 at 20:34 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 6, 1997 at 20:47 UTC, 7 days later.

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

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Tuesday, April 29, 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.