Daily phases · UK local time

April 2027 Moon calendar for the UK

Check the Moon's daily phase and illumination throughout April 2027, together with exact new Moon, quarter and full Moon event times.

How the Moon changes during April 2027

At 12:00 local time on 1 April, the Moon is a waning crescent at 28% illumination and is waning. By 30 April, it is a last quarter at 35% illumination and is waning.

This civil month contains 4 exact principal phase events. Daily values represent the Moon at local noon; event rows below retain their precise astronomical times.

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April 2027

Daily state at 12:00 in Europe/London

Moon phase calendar for April 2027; weeks begin on Monday
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
			1Waning Crescent28%Age 24.1 dSelected date	2Waning Crescent20%Age 25.1 d	3Waning Crescent13%Age 26.1 d	4Waning Crescent7%Age 27.1 d
5New Moon3%Age 28.1 d	6New Moon0%Age 29.1 d	7New Moon0%Age 0.5 d	8New Moon3%Age 1.5 d	9Waxing Crescent7%Age 2.5 d	10Waxing Crescent14%Age 3.5 d	11Waxing Crescent23%Age 4.5 d
12First Quarter33%Age 5.5 d	13First Quarter44%Age 6.5 d	14First Quarter56%Age 7.5 d	15First Quarter67%Age 8.5 d	16Waxing Gibbous77%Age 9.5 d	17Waxing Gibbous86%Age 10.5 d	18Waxing Gibbous93%Age 11.5 d
19Full Moon97%Age 12.5 d	20Full Moon100%Age 13.5 d	21Full Moon100%Age 14.5 d	22Full Moon97%Age 15.5 d	23Waning Gibbous93%Age 16.5 d	24Waning Gibbous87%Age 17.5 d	25Waning Gibbous80%Age 18.5 d
26Waning Gibbous72%Age 19.5 d	27Last Quarter63%Age 20.5 d	28Last Quarter54%Age 21.5 d	29Last Quarter44%Age 22.5 d	30Last Quarter35%Age 23.5 d

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Day-by-day detail · London horizon

Phase, illumination, lunar age, rise and set

Phase, illumination and age are calculated at 12:00 Europe/London. Moonrise and moonset use a central London observer; a dash means no matching horizon crossing occurs during that civil date.

Daily values at 12:00 UK local time; rise and set for London
Date	Phase	Illumination	Lunar age	Moonrise	Moonset
1	Waning Crescent	28%	24.1 days	04:43	13:22
2	Waning Crescent	20%	25.1 days	05:01	14:35
3	Waning Crescent	13%	26.1 days	05:15	15:48
4	Waning Crescent	7%	27.1 days	05:27	17:01
5	New Moon	3%	28.1 days	05:39	18:16
6	New Moon	0%	29.1 days	05:51	19:33
7	New Moon	0%	0.5 days	06:05	20:53
8	New Moon	3%	1.5 days	06:22	22:17
9	Waxing Crescent	7%	2.5 days	06:45	23:41
10	Waxing Crescent	14%	3.5 days	07:16	—
11	Waxing Crescent	23%	4.5 days	08:01	01:00
12	First Quarter	33%	5.5 days	09:03	02:07
13	First Quarter	44%	6.5 days	10:21	02:57
14	First Quarter	56%	7.5 days	11:46	03:32
15	First Quarter	67%	8.5 days	13:14	03:57
16	Waxing Gibbous	77%	9.5 days	14:40	04:16
17	Waxing Gibbous	86%	10.5 days	16:03	04:31
18	Waxing Gibbous	93%	11.5 days	17:25	04:45
19	Full Moon	97%	12.5 days	18:46	04:58
20	Full Moon	100%	13.5 days	20:08	05:13
21	Full Moon	100%	14.5 days	21:29	05:30
22	Full Moon	97%	15.5 days	22:47	05:51
23	Waning Gibbous	93%	16.5 days	23:58	06:20
24	Waning Gibbous	87%	17.5 days	—	06:57
25	Waning Gibbous	80%	18.5 days	00:58	07:47
26	Waning Gibbous	72%	19.5 days	01:45	08:47
27	Last Quarter	63%	20.5 days	02:20	09:54
28	Last Quarter	54%	21.5 days	02:45	11:06
29	Last Quarter	44%	22.5 days	03:04	12:18
30	Last Quarter	35%	23.5 days	03:20	13:30

The month's brightest nights

Full Moon in April 2027

Pink Moon

Named for pink spring wildflowers in eastern North America, not for a change in the Moon's colour.

Exact instant: 20 April 2027 at 23:27 BST
Brown lunation: 1290

Read the Pink Moon guide

How rise and set vary across the UK

On the date of the first full Moon, longitude and latitude shift the horizon times. These representative cities all use Europe/London civil time.

Moonrise and moonset on 2027-04-20, in each location's UK local time
Location	Moonrise	Moonset
London	20:08	05:13
Cardiff	20:21	05:25
Belfast	20:43	05:29
Edinburgh	20:37	05:14
Lerwick	20:49	04:51

Traditional lunar rhythm · practical UK season

Garden windows for this month

The main outdoor sowing season begins. Use local soil, weather and frost conditions to decide whether each task is timely in your garden.

7–13 4/2027

Sowing

Sow beetroot, carrots, chard, lettuce, leeks, peas, radish and turnips in prepared soil.

14–20 4/2027

Planting

Plant potatoes and pot-grown fruit; keep tender vegetables protected until frost risk eases.

21–28 4/2027

Harvesting

Pick spring greens, rhubarb and the first protected salads.

1–6, 29–30 4/2027

Pruning

Tie in trained fruit and remove clearly dead or damaged growth.

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