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The Moon on Tuesday, April 27, 2004: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 47.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 04°

First Quarter at

17:33UTC

Moon phase on April 27, 2004First Quarter

Tuesday 27 April 2004398,492 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 27, 2004, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.9% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

47.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
398,492 km247,611 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 2004 is on Tuesday, May 4, 2004 at 20:34 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 19, 2004 at 13:21 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 19, 200413:21
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, April 27, 200417:33
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 4, 200420:34

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Tuesday, April 27, 2004 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 19, 2004 to the new moon of May 19, 2004, a cycle of 29.65 days.