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The Moon on Friday, October 27, 1995: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 14.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on October 27, 1995Waxing Crescent

Friday 27 October 1995365,016 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 27, 1995, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.6% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
365,016 km226,810 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (18°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 1995 is on Tuesday, November 7, 1995 at 07:21 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 24, 1995 at 04:36 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 24, 199504:36
First Quarter (after)Monday, October 30, 199521:17

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Friday, October 27, 1995 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 24, 1995 to the new moon of November 22, 1995, a cycle of 29.46 days.