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The Moon on Friday, April 29, 1927: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 09°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on April 29, 1927Waning Crescent

Friday 29 April 1927360,035 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 29, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.3% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
360,035 km223,715 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (10°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 1927 is on Sunday, April 17, 1927 at 03:35 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 1, 1927 at 12:40 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Friday, April 29, 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.