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The Moon on Wednesday, December 27, 1916: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 10.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 12°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on December 27, 1916Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 27 December 1916361,112 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 27, 1916, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.1% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
361,112 km224,385 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (12°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1916 is on Monday, January 8, 1917 at 07:42 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 24, 1916 at 20:31 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, December 24, 191620:31
First Quarter (after)Sunday, December 31, 191612:07

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Wednesday, December 27, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 24, 1916 to the new moon of January 23, 1917, a cycle of 29.46 days.