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The Moon on Tuesday, December 27, 1921: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 15°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on December 27, 1921Waning Crescent

Tuesday 27 December 1921390,966 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 27, 1921, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.2% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
390,966 km242,935 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1921 is on Thursday, December 15, 1921 at 02:50 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 29, 1921 at 05:39 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, December 21, 192119:54
New Moon (after)Thursday, December 29, 192105:39

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Tuesday, December 27, 1921 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 29, 1921 to the new moon of December 29, 1921, a cycle of 29.68 days.