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The Moon on Saturday, October 27, 1928: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 13°

Moon age

13.8days

Moon phase on October 27, 1928Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 27 October 1928364,896 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 27, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.9% of its visible face lit, 13.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.8 dMoon age
364,896 km226,736 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 1928 is on Sunday, October 28, 1928 at 22:43 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 13, 1928 at 15:56 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, October 21, 192821:06
Full Moon (after)Sunday, October 28, 192822:43

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Saturday, October 27, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 13, 1928 to the new moon of November 12, 1928, a cycle of 29.74 days.