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The Moon on Thursday, December 27, 1917: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on December 27, 1917Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 27 December 1917385,929 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 27, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
385,929 km239,805 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1917 is on Friday, December 28, 1917 at 09:51 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 14, 1917 at 09:17 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, December 21, 191706:07
Full Moon (after)Friday, December 28, 191709:51

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Thursday, December 27, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 14, 1917 to the new moon of January 12, 1918, a cycle of 29.55 days.