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The Moon on Friday, October 27, 1944: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 77.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 07°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on October 27, 1944Waxing Gibbous

Friday 27 October 1944365,313 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 27, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.5% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
365,313 km226,995 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (7°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 1944 is on Tuesday, October 31, 1944 at 13:35 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 17, 1944 at 05:35 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 24, 194422:48
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, October 31, 194413:35

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Friday, October 27, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 17, 1944 to the new moon of November 15, 1944, a cycle of 29.70 days.