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The Moon on Saturday, October 27, 1917: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 89.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 25°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on October 27, 1917Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 27 October 1917363,622 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 27, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.3% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
363,622 km225,944 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (26°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 1917 is on Tuesday, October 30, 1917 at 06:19 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 16, 1917 at 02:41 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 23, 191714:37
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, October 30, 191706:19

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Saturday, October 27, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 16, 1917 to the new moon of November 14, 1917, a cycle of 29.66 days.