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The Moon on Friday, April 30, 2027: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 34.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on April 30, 2027Waning Crescent

Friday 30 April 2027399,863 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 30, 2027, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 34.6% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

34.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
399,863 km248,463 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 30, 2027 is on Tuesday, April 20, 2027 at 22:27 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 6, 2027 at 10:59 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around April 30

More about this date

Friday, April 30, 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.