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The Moon on Friday, December 27, 1918: Waning Crescent, 30% lit

Waning · 29.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on December 27, 1918Waning Crescent

Friday 27 December 1918404,600 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 27, 1918, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.7% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
404,600 km251,406 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1918 is on Tuesday, December 17, 1918 at 19:17 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 2, 1919 at 08:24 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, December 25, 191806:30
New Moon (after)Thursday, January 2, 191908:24

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Friday, December 27, 1918 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 3, 1918 to the new moon of January 2, 1919, a cycle of 29.71 days.