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The Moon on Saturday, June 27, 1942: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on June 27, 1942Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 27 June 1942357,601 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 27, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.3% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
357,601 km222,203 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 27, 1942 is on Sunday, June 28, 1942 at 12:09 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 13, 1942 at 21:02 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, June 21, 194220:45
Full Moon (after)Sunday, June 28, 194212:09

The Moon around June 27

More about this date

Saturday, June 27, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 13, 1942 to the new moon of July 13, 1942, a cycle of 29.63 days.