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The Moon on Tuesday, April 27, 1926: Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 00°

Moon age

15.0days

Moon phase on April 27, 1926Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 27 April 1926390,894 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 27, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
390,894 km242,890 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (0°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 1926 is on Wednesday, April 28, 1926 at 00:17 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 11, 1926 at 22:55 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, April 19, 192623:23
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, April 28, 192600:17

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Tuesday, April 27, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 12, 1926 to the new moon of May 11, 1926, a cycle of 29.42 days.