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The Moon on Tuesday, July 12, 1927: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on July 12, 1927Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 12 July 1927388,115 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 12, 1927, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.0% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.0%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
388,115 km241,164 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 1927 is on Thursday, July 14, 1927 at 19:22 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 29, 1927 at 06:32 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Tuesday, July 12, 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.