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The Moon on Wednesday, October 27, 1926: Waning Gibbous, 59% lit

Waning · 59.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Moon age

20.6days

Moon phase on October 27, 1926Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 27 October 1926395,193 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 27, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 59.4% of its visible face lit, 20.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

59.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.6 dMoon age
395,193 km245,561 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 1926 is on Thursday, October 21, 1926 at 05:15 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 5, 1926 at 14:34 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, October 21, 192605:15
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, October 28, 192610:57

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Wednesday, October 27, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 6, 1926 to the new moon of November 5, 1926, a cycle of 29.68 days.