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The Moon on Thursday, October 27, 1921: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 15.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 17°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on October 27, 1921Waning Crescent

Thursday 27 October 1921367,543 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 27, 1921, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.4% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
367,543 km228,381 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 1921 is on Sunday, October 16, 1921 at 22:59 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 30, 1921 at 23:38 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, October 24, 192104:31
New Moon (after)Sunday, October 30, 192123:38

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Thursday, October 27, 1921 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 1, 1921 to the new moon of October 30, 1921, a cycle of 29.47 days.