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The Moon on Wednesday, April 27, 2005: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 17°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on April 27, 2005Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 27 April 2005370,382 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 27, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.3% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
370,382 km230,144 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (17°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 2005 is on Sunday, April 24, 2005 at 10:07 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 8, 2005 at 08:46 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, April 24, 200510:07
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 1, 200506:24

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Wednesday, April 27, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 8, 2005 to the new moon of May 8, 2005, a cycle of 29.51 days.