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The Moon on Thursday, October 27, 1955: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 82.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 14°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on October 27, 1955Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 27 October 1955383,103 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 27, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.8% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
383,103 km238,049 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (14°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 1955 is on Monday, October 31, 1955 at 06:04 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 15, 1955 at 19:32 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, October 23, 195523:05
Full Moon (after)Monday, October 31, 195506:04

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Thursday, October 27, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 15, 1955 to the new moon of November 14, 1955, a cycle of 29.69 days.