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The Moon on Thursday, April 27, 2023: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

First Quarter at

21:20UTC

Moon phase on April 27, 2023First Quarter

Thursday 27 April 2023403,891 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 27, 2023, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.4% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
403,891 km250,966 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 2023 is on Friday, May 5, 2023 at 17:34 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 04:13 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, April 20, 202304:13
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, April 27, 202321:20
Full Moon (after)Friday, May 5, 202317:34

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Thursday, April 27, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 20, 2023 to the new moon of May 19, 2023, a cycle of 29.49 days.