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The Moon on Thursday, April 27, 2017: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on April 27, 2017Waxing Crescent

Thursday 27 April 2017359,344 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 27, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
359,344 km223,286 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 2017 is on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 21:43 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 12:16 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 26, 201712:16
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 3, 201702:47

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Thursday, April 27, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 26, 2017 to the new moon of May 25, 2017, a cycle of 29.31 days.