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The Moon on Friday, March 27, 1942: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 73.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 04°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on March 27, 1942Waxing Gibbous

Friday 27 March 1942394,338 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 27, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.5% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
394,338 km245,030 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (4°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 1942 is on Wednesday, April 1, 1942 at 12:32 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 16, 1942 at 23:50 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 25, 194200:01
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, April 1, 194212:32

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Friday, March 27, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 16, 1942 to the new moon of April 15, 1942, a cycle of 29.61 days.