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The Moon on Saturday, April 27, 2013: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 00°

Moon age

17.1days

Moon phase on April 27, 2013Waning Gibbous

Saturday 27 April 2013362,338 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 27, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.1% of its visible face lit, 17.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.1%Illumination at noon UTC
17.1 dMoon age
362,338 km225,147 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (0°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 2013 is on Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 19:57 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 10, 2013 at 00:29 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, April 25, 201319:57
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 2, 201311:14

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Saturday, April 27, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 10, 2013 to the new moon of May 10, 2013, a cycle of 29.62 days.