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The Moon on Sunday, April 27, 2031: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 28.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 11°

Moon age

5.8days

Moon phase on April 27, 2031Waxing Crescent

Sunday 27 April 2031404,741 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 27, 2031, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 28.9% of its visible face lit, 5.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.8 dMoon age
404,741 km251,495 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (12°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 2031 is on Wednesday, May 7, 2031 at 03:40 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 21, 2031 at 16:57 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 21, 203116:57
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 29, 203119:20

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Sunday, April 27, 2031 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 21, 2031 to the new moon of May 21, 2031, a cycle of 29.60 days.