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The Moon on Monday, April 27, 1942: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 85.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 20°

Moon age

11.9days

Moon phase on April 27, 1942Waxing Gibbous

Monday 27 April 1942377,286 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 27, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.0% of its visible face lit, 11.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.9 dMoon age
377,286 km234,434 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (21°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 1942 is on Thursday, April 30, 1942 at 22:00 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 15, 1942 at 14:34 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, April 23, 194218:10
Full Moon (after)Thursday, April 30, 194222:00

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Monday, April 27, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 15, 1942 to the new moon of May 15, 1942, a cycle of 29.63 days.