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The Moon on Tuesday, October 27, 1953: Waning Gibbous, 70% lit

Waning · 70.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

19.5days

Moon phase on October 27, 1953Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 27 October 1953383,221 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 27, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 70.4% of its visible face lit, 19.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

70.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.5 dMoon age
383,221 km238,122 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (10°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 1953 is on Thursday, October 22, 1953 at 12:56 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 6, 1953 at 17:58 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, October 22, 195312:56
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, October 29, 195313:10

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Tuesday, October 27, 1953 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 8, 1953 to the new moon of November 6, 1953, a cycle of 29.72 days.