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The Moon on Sunday, July 27, 1969: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 11°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on July 27, 1969Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 27 July 1969358,632 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 27, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.9% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
358,632 km222,844 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 1969 is on Tuesday, July 29, 1969 at 02:45 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 14, 1969 at 14:12 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 22, 196912:10
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, July 29, 196902:45

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Sunday, July 27, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 14, 1969 to the new moon of August 13, 1969, a cycle of 29.63 days.