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The Moon on Saturday, November 27, 1971: Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit

Waxing · 70.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 28°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on November 27, 1971Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 27 November 1971367,605 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 27, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.1% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
367,605 km228,419 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 27, 1971 is on Thursday, December 2, 1971 at 07:48 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 18, 1971 at 01:46 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, November 25, 197116:37
Full Moon (after)Thursday, December 2, 197107:48

The Moon around November 27

More about this date

Saturday, November 27, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 18, 1971 to the new moon of December 17, 1971, a cycle of 29.72 days.