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The Moon on Thursday, April 28, 1927: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 13.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 24°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on April 28, 1927Waning Crescent

Thursday 28 April 1927362,155 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 28, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.4% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
362,155 km225,033 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 1927 is on Sunday, April 17, 1927 at 03:35 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 1, 1927 at 12:40 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, April 24, 192722:21
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 1, 192712:40

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Thursday, April 28, 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.