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The Moon on Thursday, April 27, 1939: Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit

Waxing · 58.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 16°

Moon age

7.8days

Moon phase on April 27, 1939Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 27 April 1939369,470 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 27, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 58.5% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

58.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
369,470 km229,578 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (16°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 1939 is on Wednesday, May 3, 1939 at 15:15 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 19, 1939 at 16:35 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 26, 193918:25
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 3, 193915:15

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Thursday, April 27, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 19, 1939 to the new moon of May 19, 1939, a cycle of 29.49 days.