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The Moon on Friday, March 27, 1953: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 91.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on March 27, 1953Waxing Gibbous

Friday 27 March 1953406,022 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 27, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.9% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
406,022 km252,290 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (3°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 1953 is on Monday, March 30, 1953 at 12:55 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 15, 1953 at 11:05 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, March 22, 195308:11
Full Moon (after)Monday, March 30, 195312:55

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Friday, March 27, 1953 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 15, 1953 to the new moon of April 13, 1953, a cycle of 29.38 days.