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The Moon on Friday, April 27, 2001: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 16.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 25°

Moon age

3.9days

Moon phase on April 27, 2001Waxing Crescent

Friday 27 April 2001374,882 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 27, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.8% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
374,882 km232,941 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (25°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 2001 is on Monday, May 7, 2001 at 13:53 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 23, 2001 at 15:26 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 23, 200115:26
First Quarter (after)Monday, April 30, 200117:08

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Friday, April 27, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 23, 2001 to the new moon of May 23, 2001, a cycle of 29.47 days.