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The Moon on Thursday, March 17, 1927: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 15°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on March 17, 1927Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 17 March 1927405,795 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 17, 1927, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
405,795 km252,149 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (16°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 1927 is on Friday, March 18, 1927 at 10:24 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 3, 1927 at 19:25 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Thursday, March 17, 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.