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Saturday, April 17, 2027 falls on a Saturday. It is day 107 of the year, ISO week 15, in Q2.

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Saturday, April 17

April 17, 2027 is day 107 of 365, ISO week 15, in Q2. The moon is Waxing Gibbous and the zodiac sign is Aries.

Day of year107
ISO week15
QuarterQ2
Days left258

Sun and Moon Cycles

Moon phase
Waxing Gibbous
Lunar age
10.9 days
Illumination
84%
Season
Spring in the Northern Hemisphere, autumn in the Southern Hemisphere

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Aries
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April 17
Observance Donnán of Eigg
Observance Henry Heath
Observance Kateri Tekakwitha (Canada)
Observance Robert of Molesme
Observance Shemon bar Sabbae
Observance April 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Observance Evacuation Day (Syria), celebrates the recognition of the independence of Syria from France in 1946.
Observance FAO Day (Iraq)

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Saturday, April 17, 2027 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2014: NASA announced the discovery of Kepler-186f, the first exoplanet with a radius similar to Earth's discovered in the habitable zone of another star.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to April 17.

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NASA announced the discovery of Kepler-186f, the first exoplanet with a radius similar to Earth's discovered in the habitable zone of another star.

An ammonium nitrate explosion occurred at a fertilizer company facility in West, Texas, U.S., killing 15 people and injuring 160 others.

A Palestinian suicide bomber detonated explosives in a restaurant in Tel Aviv, Israel, killing 11 people and injuring 70 others.

The Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly declared peace, having hypothetically been at war for 335 years without a single shot being fired and no casualties incurred.

Metropolitan Police officer Yvonne Fletcher was shot and killed while on duty during a protest outside the Libyan embassy in London, resulting in an 11-day police siege of the building and a breakdown of Libya–United Kingdom re...

The Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh, the capital of the Khmer Republic, ending the Cambodian Civil War and establishing the socialist state of Democratic Kampuchea.

George Lucas began writing a 13-page film treatment that later formed the basis of Star Wars.

Czechoslovak Communist Party chairman Alexander Dubček was deposed.

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