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The Moon on Wednesday, September 27, 1961: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 87.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 14°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on September 27, 1961Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 27 September 1961374,484 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 27, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.8% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.8%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
374,484 km232,694 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (15°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 27, 1961 is on Sunday, September 24, 1961 at 11:33 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 9, 1961 at 18:53 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, September 24, 196111:33
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, October 1, 196114:10

The Moon around September 27

More about this date

Wednesday, September 27, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 10, 1961 to the new moon of October 9, 1961, a cycle of 29.67 days.