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The Moon on Thursday, July 27, 1950: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 11°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on July 27, 1950Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 27 July 1950368,884 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 27, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.1% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
368,884 km229,214 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (12°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 1950 is on Saturday, July 29, 1950 at 04:18 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 15, 1950 at 05:06 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, July 22, 195010:50
Full Moon (after)Saturday, July 29, 195004:18

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Thursday, July 27, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 15, 1950 to the new moon of August 13, 1950, a cycle of 29.49 days.