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The Moon on Monday, March 27, 1950: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 56.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°

Moon age

8.9days

Moon phase on March 27, 1950Waxing Gibbous

Monday 27 March 1950391,960 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 27, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.7% of its visible face lit, 8.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.9 dMoon age
391,960 km243,552 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 1950 is on Sunday, April 2, 1950 at 20:49 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 18, 1950 at 15:20 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, March 26, 195020:10
Full Moon (after)Sunday, April 2, 195020:49

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Monday, March 27, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 18, 1950 to the new moon of April 17, 1950, a cycle of 29.71 days.