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The Moon on Saturday, March 12, 1927: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 70.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on March 12, 1927Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 12 March 1927392,439 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 12, 1927, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.6% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
392,439 km243,850 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1927 is on Friday, March 18, 1927 at 10:24 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 3, 1927 at 19:25 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, March 10, 192711:03
Full Moon (after)Friday, March 18, 192710:24

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Saturday, March 12, 1927 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 3, 1927 to the new moon of April 2, 1927, a cycle of 29.37 days.