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The Moon on Tuesday, April 12, 1927: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 81.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 00°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on April 12, 1927Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 12 April 1927403,577 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 12, 1927, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.6% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
403,577 km250,771 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (1°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 1927 is on Sunday, April 17, 1927 at 03:35 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 2, 1927 at 04:24 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, April 9, 192700:21
Full Moon (after)Sunday, April 17, 192703:35

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Tuesday, April 12, 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.