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The Moon on Thursday, April 22, 2027: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

15.5days

Moon phase on April 22, 2027Waning Gibbous

Thursday 22 April 2027389,800 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 22, 2027, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 97.1% of its visible face lit, 15.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.1%Illumination at noon UTC
15.5 dMoon age
389,800 km242,211 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 2027 is on Tuesday, April 20, 2027 at 22:27 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 6, 2027 at 10:59 UTC, 14 days later.

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

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Thursday, April 22, 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.