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The Moon on Friday, October 27, 1939: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 24°

Moon age

14.6days

Moon phase on October 27, 1939Waxing Gibbous

Friday 27 October 1939395,971 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 27, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 14.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
14.6 dMoon age
395,971 km246,045 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (24°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 1939 is on Saturday, October 28, 1939 at 06:42 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 12, 1939 at 20:30 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, October 20, 193903:24
Full Moon (after)Saturday, October 28, 193906:42

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Friday, October 27, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 12, 1939 to the new moon of November 11, 1939, a cycle of 29.48 days.