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The Moon on Tuesday, September 27, 1955: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 80.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 10°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on September 27, 1955Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 27 September 1955394,279 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 27, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.2% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
394,279 km244,993 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (11°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 27, 1955 is on Saturday, October 1, 1955 at 19:17 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 16, 1955 at 06:19 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, September 24, 195503:41
Full Moon (after)Saturday, October 1, 195519:17

The Moon around September 27

More about this date

Tuesday, September 27, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 16, 1955 to the new moon of October 15, 1955, a cycle of 29.55 days.