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The Moon on Sunday, July 27, 1924: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 16.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on July 27, 1924Waning Crescent

Sunday 27 July 1924405,140 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 27, 1924, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.8% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
405,140 km251,742 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (16°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 1924 is on Wednesday, July 16, 1924 at 11:49 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 31, 1924 at 19:42 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 23, 192416:36
New Moon (after)Thursday, July 31, 192419:42

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Sunday, July 27, 1924 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 2, 1924 to the new moon of July 31, 1924, a cycle of 29.59 days.