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The Moon on Tuesday, April 27, 1971: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on April 27, 1971Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 27 April 1971371,442 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 27, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.7% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
371,442 km230,804 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (8°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 1971 is on Monday, May 10, 1971 at 11:24 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 25, 1971 at 04:02 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, April 25, 197104:02
First Quarter (after)Sunday, May 2, 197107:34

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Tuesday, April 27, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 25, 1971 to the new moon of May 24, 1971, a cycle of 29.35 days.