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The Moon on Saturday, September 27, 1952: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 57.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 12°

Moon age

8.2days

Moon phase on September 27, 1952Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 27 September 1952371,879 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 27, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.4% of its visible face lit, 8.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.2 dMoon age
371,879 km231,075 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (13°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 27, 1952 is on Friday, October 3, 1952 at 12:15 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 19, 1952 at 07:22 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, September 26, 195220:31
Full Moon (after)Friday, October 3, 195212:15

The Moon around September 27

More about this date

Saturday, September 27, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 19, 1952 to the new moon of October 18, 1952, a cycle of 29.64 days.