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The Moon on Saturday, December 27, 1941: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 69.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 28°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on December 27, 1941Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 27 December 1941402,643 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 27, 1941, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.4% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
402,643 km250,191 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (28°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1941 is on Friday, January 2, 1942 at 15:42 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 18, 1941 at 10:18 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, December 25, 194110:44
Full Moon (after)Friday, January 2, 194215:42

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Saturday, December 27, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 18, 1941 to the new moon of January 16, 1942, a cycle of 29.47 days.