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The Moon on Friday, April 15, 1927: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 06°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on April 15, 1927Waxing Gibbous

Friday 15 April 1927406,227 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 15, 1927, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
406,227 km252,418 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (6°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 1927 is on Sunday, April 17, 1927 at 03:35 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 2, 1927 at 04:24 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Friday, April 15, 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.