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The Moon on Wednesday, June 27, 1917: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 48.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

First Quarter at

16:08UTC

Moon phase on June 27, 1917First Quarter

Wednesday 27 June 1917400,169 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 27, 1917, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.5% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
400,169 km248,653 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 27, 1917 is on Wednesday, July 4, 1917 at 21:40 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 19, 1917 at 13:02 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, June 19, 191713:02
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, June 27, 191716:08
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, July 4, 191721:40

The Moon around June 27

More about this date

Wednesday, June 27, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 19, 1917 to the new moon of July 19, 1917, a cycle of 29.58 days.