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The Moon on Wednesday, December 27, 1905: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on December 27, 1905Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 27 December 1905372,422 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 27, 1905, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
372,422 km231,412 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1905 is on Wednesday, January 10, 1906 at 16:36 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 26, 1905 at 04:04 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, December 26, 190504:04
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 2, 190614:52

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Wednesday, December 27, 1905 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 26, 1905 to the new moon of January 24, 1906, a cycle of 29.55 days.