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The Moon on Monday, April 18, 1927: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on April 18, 1927Waning Gibbous

Monday 18 April 1927402,269 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 18, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.2% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.2%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
402,269 km249,958 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (12°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 1927 is on Sunday, April 17, 1927 at 03:35 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 1, 1927 at 12:40 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, April 17, 192703:35
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, April 24, 192722:21

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Monday, April 18, 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.