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The Moon on Monday, April 27, 1953: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 17°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on April 27, 1953Waxing Gibbous

Monday 27 April 1953400,614 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 27, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.1% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
400,614 km248,930 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (18°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 1953 is on Wednesday, April 29, 1953 at 04:21 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 13, 1953 at 20:09 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 21, 195300:41
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, April 29, 195304:21

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Monday, April 27, 1953 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 13, 1953 to the new moon of May 13, 1953, a cycle of 29.37 days.