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The Moon on Thursday, July 27, 1939: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 21°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on July 27, 1939Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 27 July 1939396,459 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 27, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.0% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
396,459 km246,348 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 1939 is on Monday, July 31, 1939 at 06:37 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 16, 1939 at 21:03 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, July 23, 193911:34
Full Moon (after)Monday, July 31, 193906:37

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Thursday, July 27, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 16, 1939 to the new moon of August 15, 1939, a cycle of 29.29 days.