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The Moon on Wednesday, April 21, 2027: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°

Moon age

14.5days

Moon phase on April 21, 2027Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 21 April 2027385,667 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 21, 2027, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 14.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.5 dMoon age
385,667 km239,642 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (8°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 2027 is on Tuesday, April 20, 2027 at 22:27 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 6, 2027 at 23:51 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, April 20, 202722:27
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 28, 202720:18

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Wednesday, April 21, 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.