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The Moon on Friday, June 27, 1947: Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit

Waxing · 70.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on June 27, 1947Waxing Gibbous

Friday 27 June 1947391,401 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 27, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.3% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
391,401 km243,205 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 27, 1947 is on Thursday, July 3, 1947 at 10:39 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 18, 1947 at 21:26 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, June 25, 194712:25
Full Moon (after)Thursday, July 3, 194710:39

The Moon around June 27

More about this date

Friday, June 27, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 18, 1947 to the new moon of July 18, 1947, a cycle of 29.28 days.