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The Moon on Tuesday, April 5, 1927: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 15.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on April 5, 1927Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 5 April 1927368,459 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 5, 1927, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.5% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
368,459 km228,950 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 1927 is on Sunday, April 17, 1927 at 03:35 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 2, 1927 at 04:24 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, April 2, 192704:24
First Quarter (after)Saturday, April 9, 192700:21

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Tuesday, April 5, 1927 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 2, 1927 to the new moon of May 1, 1927, a cycle of 29.34 days.