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The Moon on Sunday, April 27, 2042: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 54.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

First Quarter at

02:19UTC

Moon phase on April 27, 2042First Quarter

Sunday 27 April 2042396,656 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 27, 2042, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 54.1% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

54.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
396,656 km246,471 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (12°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 2042 is on Monday, May 5, 2042 at 06:49 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 20, 2042 at 02:19 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, April 20, 204202:19
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, April 27, 204202:19
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 5, 204206:49

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Sunday, April 27, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 20, 2042 to the new moon of May 19, 2042, a cycle of 29.36 days.