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The Moon on Sunday, April 27, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 60.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 25°

Moon age

21.3days

Moon phase on April 27, 2008Waning Gibbous

Sunday 27 April 2008397,640 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 27, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.9% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.9%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
397,640 km247,082 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (25°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 2008 is on Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 10:26 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 5, 2008 at 12:18 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, April 20, 200810:26
Last Quarter (after)Monday, April 28, 200814:12

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Sunday, April 27, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 6, 2008 to the new moon of May 5, 2008, a cycle of 29.35 days.