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The Moon on Sunday, April 27, 1969: Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit

Waxing · 75.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 07°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on April 27, 1969Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 27 April 1969390,357 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 27, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 75.3% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

75.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
390,357 km242,557 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (7°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 1969 is on Friday, May 2, 1969 at 05:13 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 16, 1969 at 18:16 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, April 24, 196919:45
Full Moon (after)Friday, May 2, 196905:13

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Sunday, April 27, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 16, 1969 to the new moon of May 16, 1969, a cycle of 29.59 days.