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The Moon on Friday, October 27, 1950: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

15.9days

Moon phase on October 27, 1950Waning Gibbous

Friday 27 October 1950405,454 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 27, 1950, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 15.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.9 dMoon age
405,454 km251,937 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 1950 is on Wednesday, October 25, 1950 at 20:47 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 9, 1950 at 23:25 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, October 25, 195020:47
Last Quarter (after)Friday, November 3, 195001:01

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Friday, October 27, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 11, 1950 to the new moon of November 9, 1950, a cycle of 29.41 days.