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The Moon on Friday, April 22, 1927: Waning Gibbous, 75% lit

Waning · 74.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 01°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on April 22, 1927Waning Gibbous

Friday 22 April 1927389,198 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 22, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 74.8% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

74.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
389,198 km241,836 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (2°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 1927 is on Sunday, April 17, 1927 at 03:35 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 1, 1927 at 12:40 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Friday, April 22, 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.