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The Moon on Monday, April 27, 1987: Waning Crescent, 0% lit

Waning · 0.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 29°

Moon age

29.0days

Moon phase on April 27, 1987Waning Crescent

Monday 27 April 1987387,301 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 27, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.4% of its visible face lit, 29.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.4%Illumination at noon UTC
29.0 dMoon age
387,301 km240,658 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (30°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 1987 is on Tuesday, April 14, 1987 at 02:31 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 28, 1987 at 01:35 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, April 20, 198722:15
New Moon (after)Tuesday, April 28, 198701:35

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Monday, April 27, 1987 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 29, 1987 to the new moon of April 28, 1987, a cycle of 29.53 days.