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The Moon on Saturday, September 27, 1947: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on September 27, 1947Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 27 September 1947399,257 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 27, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.2% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
399,257 km248,086 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (1°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 27, 1947 is on Tuesday, September 30, 1947 at 06:41 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 14, 1947 at 19:28 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, September 22, 194705:42
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, September 30, 194706:41

The Moon around September 27

More about this date

Saturday, September 27, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 14, 1947 to the new moon of October 14, 1947, a cycle of 29.45 days.