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The Moon on Tuesday, March 27, 1962: Waning Gibbous, 67% lit

Waning · 67.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 16°

Moon age

21.1days

Moon phase on March 27, 1962Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 27 March 1962388,172 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 27, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 67.4% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

67.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
388,172 km241,199 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (16°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 1962 is on Wednesday, March 21, 1962 at 07:56 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 4, 1962 at 19:45 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, March 21, 196207:56
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, March 29, 196204:11

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Tuesday, March 27, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 6, 1962 to the new moon of April 4, 1962, a cycle of 29.38 days.