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The Moon on Monday, July 27, 1953: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°

Moon age

16.4days

Moon phase on July 27, 1953Waning Gibbous

Monday 27 July 1953363,257 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 27, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 16.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.4 dMoon age
363,257 km225,717 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (18°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 1953 is on Sunday, July 26, 1953 at 12:21 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 9, 1953 at 16:10 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, July 26, 195312:21
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, August 2, 195303:16

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Monday, July 27, 1953 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 11, 1953 to the new moon of August 9, 1953, a cycle of 29.57 days.