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The Moon on Friday, July 27, 1928: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 76.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on July 27, 1928Waxing Gibbous

Friday 27 July 1928403,783 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 27, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.2% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
403,783 km250,899 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 1928 is on Wednesday, August 1, 1928 at 15:31 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 17, 1928 at 04:35 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 24, 192814:38
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, August 1, 192815:31

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Friday, July 27, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 17, 1928 to the new moon of August 15, 1928, a cycle of 29.38 days.