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The Moon on Monday, April 27, 1931: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 71.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 01°

Moon age

9.5days

Moon phase on April 27, 1931Waxing Gibbous

Monday 27 April 1931367,017 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 27, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.5% of its visible face lit, 9.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.5 dMoon age
367,017 km228,054 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 1931 is on Saturday, May 2, 1931 at 05:14 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 18, 1931 at 01:00 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, April 25, 193113:40
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 2, 193105:14

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Monday, April 27, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 18, 1931 to the new moon of May 17, 1931, a cycle of 29.60 days.