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The Moon on Thursday, April 8, 2027: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

Moon age

1.5days

Moon phase on April 8, 2027Waxing Crescent

Thursday 8 April 2027378,274 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 8, 2027, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 2.9% of its visible face lit, 1.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.5 dMoon age
378,274 km235,049 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 8, 2027 is on Tuesday, April 20, 2027 at 22:27 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 6, 2027 at 23:51 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, April 6, 202723:51
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 13, 202722:57

The Moon around April 8

More about this date

Thursday, April 8, 2027 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 6, 2027 to the new moon of May 6, 2027, a cycle of 29.46 days.