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The Moon on Thursday, April 29, 2027: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 43.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

22.5days

Moon phase on April 29, 2027Waning Crescent

Thursday 29 April 2027402,500 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 29, 2027, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 43.9% of its visible face lit, 22.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.9%Illumination at noon UTC
22.5 dMoon age
402,500 km250,102 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (16°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 2027 is on Tuesday, April 20, 2027 at 22:27 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 6, 2027 at 10:59 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 28, 202720:18
New Moon (after)Thursday, May 6, 202710:59

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Thursday, April 29, 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.