Skip to content
The Moon on Wednesday, July 27, 1927: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 18°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on July 27, 1927Waning Crescent

Wednesday 27 July 1927384,645 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 27, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
384,645 km239,007 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (19°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 1927 is on Thursday, July 14, 1927 at 19:22 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 28, 1927 at 17:36 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Wednesday, July 27, 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.