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The Moon on Sunday, December 27, 1914: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 78.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on December 27, 1914Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 27 December 1914405,285 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 27, 1914, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.2% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
405,285 km251,832 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1914 is on Friday, January 1, 1915 at 12:20 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 17, 1914 at 02:35 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, December 24, 191408:24
Full Moon (after)Friday, January 1, 191512:20

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Sunday, December 27, 1914 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 17, 1914 to the new moon of January 15, 1915, a cycle of 29.50 days.