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The Moon on Sunday, April 27, 1975: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 28°

Moon age

15.8days

Moon phase on April 27, 1975Waning Gibbous

Sunday 27 April 1975374,082 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 27, 1975, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.4% of its visible face lit, 15.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.4%Illumination at noon UTC
15.8 dMoon age
374,082 km232,444 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (29°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 1975 is on Friday, April 25, 1975 at 19:55 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 11, 1975 at 07:05 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, April 25, 197519:55
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, May 3, 197505:44

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Sunday, April 27, 1975 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 11, 1975 to the new moon of May 11, 1975, a cycle of 29.60 days.