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The Moon on Saturday, July 23, 1927: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 29.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on July 23, 1927Waning Crescent

Saturday 23 July 1927373,189 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 23, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.2% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
373,189 km231,889 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1927 is on Thursday, July 14, 1927 at 19:22 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 28, 1927 at 17:36 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, July 21, 192714:43
New Moon (after)Thursday, July 28, 192717:36

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Saturday, July 23, 1927 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 29, 1927 to the new moon of July 28, 1927, a cycle of 29.46 days.