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The Moon on Wednesday, July 27, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 77.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 07°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on July 27, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 27 July 1966386,090 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 27, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.7% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.7%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
386,090 km239,905 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (8°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 1966 is on Monday, August 1, 1966 at 09:05 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 18, 1966 at 04:30 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, July 24, 196619:00
Full Moon (after)Monday, August 1, 196609:05

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Wednesday, July 27, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 18, 1966 to the new moon of August 16, 1966, a cycle of 29.30 days.