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The Moon on Sunday, July 27, 1947: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 74.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 02°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on July 27, 1947Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 27 July 1947400,183 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 27, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 74.4% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

74.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
400,183 km248,662 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (3°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 1947 is on Saturday, August 2, 1947 at 01:50 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 18, 1947 at 04:15 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, July 24, 194722:54
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 2, 194701:50

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Sunday, July 27, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 18, 1947 to the new moon of August 16, 1947, a cycle of 29.29 days.