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The Moon on Thursday, April 27, 2000: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 43.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 15°

Moon age

22.7days

Moon phase on April 27, 2000Waning Crescent

Thursday 27 April 2000399,097 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 27, 2000, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.5% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
399,097 km247,987 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (15°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 2000 is on Tuesday, April 18, 2000 at 17:42 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 4, 2000 at 04:12 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 26, 200019:30
New Moon (after)Thursday, May 4, 200004:12

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Thursday, April 27, 2000 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 4, 2000 to the new moon of May 4, 2000, a cycle of 29.42 days.