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The Moon on Thursday, July 27, 1916: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on July 27, 1916Waning Crescent

Thursday 27 July 1916406,043 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 27, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.0% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
406,043 km252,303 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 1916 is on Saturday, July 15, 1916 at 04:40 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 30, 1916 at 02:15 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, July 21, 191623:33
New Moon (after)Sunday, July 30, 191602:15

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Thursday, July 27, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 30, 1916 to the new moon of July 30, 1916, a cycle of 29.65 days.