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The Moon on Wednesday, April 20, 1927: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 89.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on April 20, 1927Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 20 April 1927396,796 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 20, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.8% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
396,796 km246,557 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (7°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 1927 is on Sunday, April 17, 1927 at 03:35 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 1, 1927 at 12:40 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Wednesday, April 20, 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.