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The Moon on Thursday, April 27, 2028: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on April 27, 2028Waxing Crescent

Thursday 27 April 2028384,810 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 27, 2028, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 7.7% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
384,810 km239,110 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (10°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 2028 is on Monday, May 8, 2028 at 19:49 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 24, 2028 at 19:47 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 24, 202819:47
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 2, 202802:26

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Thursday, April 27, 2028 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 24, 2028 to the new moon of May 24, 2028, a cycle of 29.52 days.