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The Moon on Saturday, July 9, 1927: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 72.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

10.2days

Moon phase on July 9, 1927Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 9 July 1927400,299 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 9, 1927, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.8% of its visible face lit, 10.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.2 dMoon age
400,299 km248,734 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 1927 is on Thursday, July 14, 1927 at 19:22 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 29, 1927 at 06:32 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, July 7, 192700:53
Full Moon (after)Thursday, July 14, 192719:22

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Saturday, July 9, 1927 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 29, 1927 to the new moon of July 28, 1927, a cycle of 29.46 days.