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The Moon on Friday, October 27, 1961: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 84.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on October 27, 1961Waning Gibbous

Friday 27 October 1961386,590 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 27, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 84.7% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

84.7%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
386,590 km240,216 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 1961 is on Monday, October 23, 1961 at 21:31 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 8, 1961 at 09:59 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, October 23, 196121:31
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 31, 196108:59

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Friday, October 27, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 9, 1961 to the new moon of November 8, 1961, a cycle of 29.63 days.