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The Moon on Thursday, April 21, 1927: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 83.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 19°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on April 21, 1927Waning Gibbous

Thursday 21 April 1927393,256 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 21, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 83.0% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.0%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
393,256 km244,358 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (19°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 1927 is on Sunday, April 17, 1927 at 03:35 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 1, 1927 at 12:40 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Thursday, April 21, 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.