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The Moon on Friday, April 27, 1928: Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit

Waxing · 56.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 14°

Moon age

7.3days

Moon phase on April 27, 1928Waxing Gibbous

Friday 27 April 1928385,717 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 27, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.4% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
385,717 km239,673 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (14°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 1928 is on Friday, May 4, 1928 at 20:12 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 20, 1928 at 05:25 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, April 26, 192821:42
Full Moon (after)Friday, May 4, 192820:12

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Friday, April 27, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 20, 1928 to the new moon of May 19, 1928, a cycle of 29.33 days.