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The Moon on Friday, April 27, 2018: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 06°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on April 27, 2018Waxing Gibbous

Friday 27 April 2018380,727 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 27, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.7% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
380,727 km236,573 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (6°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 2018 is on Monday, April 30, 2018 at 00:58 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 16, 2018 at 01:57 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, April 22, 201821:46
Full Moon (after)Monday, April 30, 201800:58

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Friday, April 27, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 16, 2018 to the new moon of May 15, 2018, a cycle of 29.41 days.