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The Moon on Tuesday, October 27, 1959: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 24.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 04°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on October 27, 1959Waning Crescent

Tuesday 27 October 1959381,709 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 27, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.2% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
381,709 km237,183 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 1959 is on Friday, October 16, 1959 at 15:59 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 31, 1959 at 22:41 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, October 24, 195920:22
New Moon (after)Saturday, October 31, 195922:41

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Tuesday, October 27, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 2, 1959 to the new moon of October 31, 1959, a cycle of 29.42 days.