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The Moon on Wednesday, April 27, 2011: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 27.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 03°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on April 27, 2011Waning Crescent

Wednesday 27 April 2011403,435 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 27, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.8% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
403,435 km250,683 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (4°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 2011 is on Monday, April 18, 2011 at 02:44 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 06:51 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, April 25, 201102:47
New Moon (after)Tuesday, May 3, 201106:51

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Wednesday, April 27, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 3, 2011 to the new moon of May 3, 2011, a cycle of 29.68 days.