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The Moon on Wednesday, April 27, 1938: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 01°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on April 27, 1938Waning Crescent

Wednesday 27 April 1938379,873 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 27, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.5% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
379,873 km236,042 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (1°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 1938 is on Thursday, April 14, 1938 at 18:21 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 30, 1938 at 05:28 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, April 22, 193820:14
New Moon (after)Saturday, April 30, 193805:28

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Wednesday, April 27, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 31, 1938 to the new moon of April 30, 1938, a cycle of 29.44 days.