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The Moon on Wednesday, March 9, 1927: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 39.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on March 9, 1927Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 9 March 1927376,563 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 9, 1927, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.8% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
376,563 km233,985 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 1927 is on Friday, March 18, 1927 at 10:24 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 3, 1927 at 19:25 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, March 3, 192719:25
First Quarter (after)Thursday, March 10, 192711:03

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Wednesday, March 9, 1927 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 3, 1927 to the new moon of April 2, 1927, a cycle of 29.37 days.