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The Moon on Tuesday, March 22, 1927: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on March 22, 1927Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 22 March 1927401,921 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 22, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.7% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.7%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
401,921 km249,742 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (15°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 22, 1927 is on Friday, March 18, 1927 at 10:24 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 2, 1927 at 04:24 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around March 22

More about this date

Tuesday, March 22, 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.