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The Moon on Sunday, March 20, 1927: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 21°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on March 20, 1927Waning Gibbous

Sunday 20 March 1927405,628 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 20, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.1% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
405,628 km252,045 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (21°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1927 is on Friday, March 18, 1927 at 10:24 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 2, 1927 at 04:24 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, March 18, 192710:24
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, March 26, 192711:35

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Sunday, March 20, 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.