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The Moon on Tuesday, July 27, 1948: Waning Gibbous, 67% lit

Waning · 67.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 14°

Moon age

20.6days

Moon phase on July 27, 1948Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 27 July 1948400,327 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 27, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 67.1% of its visible face lit, 20.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

67.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.6 dMoon age
400,327 km248,751 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 1948 is on Wednesday, July 21, 1948 at 02:31 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 5, 1948 at 04:13 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, July 21, 194802:31
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, July 29, 194806:12

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Tuesday, July 27, 1948 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 6, 1948 to the new moon of August 5, 1948, a cycle of 29.29 days.