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The Moon on Saturday, April 28, 1984: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 6.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 08°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on April 28, 1984Waning Crescent

Saturday 28 April 1984402,944 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 28, 1984, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.8% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
402,944 km250,378 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (8°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 1984 is on Sunday, April 15, 1984 at 19:11 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 1, 1984 at 03:46 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, April 23, 198400:26
New Moon (after)Tuesday, May 1, 198403:46

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Saturday, April 28, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 1, 1984 to the new moon of May 1, 1984, a cycle of 29.65 days.