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The Moon on Wednesday, April 27, 2022: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 11.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°

Moon age

26.2days

Moon phase on April 27, 2022Waning Crescent

Wednesday 27 April 2022385,366 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 27, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.6% of its visible face lit, 26.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.2 dMoon age
385,366 km239,455 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 2022 is on Saturday, April 16, 2022 at 18:55 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 20:28 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, April 23, 202211:56
New Moon (after)Saturday, April 30, 202220:28

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Wednesday, April 27, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 1, 2022 to the new moon of April 30, 2022, a cycle of 29.59 days.