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The Moon on Monday, April 27, 1981: Last Quarter, 49% lit

Waning · 49.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Last Quarter at

10:15UTC

Moon phase on April 27, 1981Last Quarter

Monday 27 April 1981386,865 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 27, 1981, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 49.4% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

49.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
386,865 km240,386 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 1981 is on Sunday, April 19, 1981 at 07:59 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 4, 1981 at 04:19 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, April 19, 198107:59
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, April 27, 198110:15
New Moon (after)Monday, May 4, 198104:19

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Monday, April 27, 1981 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 4, 1981 to the new moon of May 4, 1981, a cycle of 29.33 days.