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The Moon on Thursday, April 27, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 88.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 27°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on April 27, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 27 April 1961394,769 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 27, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.7% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
394,769 km245,298 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (28°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 1961 is on Sunday, April 30, 1961 at 18:41 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 15, 1961 at 05:38 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, April 22, 196121:49
Full Moon (after)Sunday, April 30, 196118:41

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Thursday, April 27, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 15, 1961 to the new moon of May 14, 1961, a cycle of 29.47 days.