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The Moon on Friday, April 27, 1951: Waning Gibbous, 62% lit

Waning · 61.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on April 27, 1951Waning Gibbous

Friday 27 April 1951370,006 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 27, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.5% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
370,006 km229,911 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 1951 is on Saturday, April 21, 1951 at 21:30 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 6, 1951 at 01:36 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, April 21, 195121:30
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, April 28, 195112:18

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Friday, April 27, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 6, 1951 to the new moon of May 6, 1951, a cycle of 29.61 days.