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The Moon on Friday, April 27, 1973: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 32.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 27°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on April 27, 1973Waning Crescent

Friday 27 April 1973388,881 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 27, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.9% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
388,881 km241,640 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (27°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 1973 is on Tuesday, April 17, 1973 at 13:51 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 2, 1973 at 20:55 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 25, 197317:59
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 2, 197320:55

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Friday, April 27, 1973 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 3, 1973 to the new moon of May 2, 1973, a cycle of 29.38 days.