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The Moon on Thursday, October 27, 1927: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 23°

Moon age

1.8days

Moon phase on October 27, 1927Waxing Crescent

Thursday 27 October 1927404,695 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 27, 1927, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.1% of its visible face lit, 1.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.8 dMoon age
404,695 km251,466 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 1927 is on Wednesday, November 9, 1927 at 06:36 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 25, 1927 at 15:38 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 25, 192715:38
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, November 2, 192715:16

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Thursday, October 27, 1927 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 25, 1927 to the new moon of November 24, 1927, a cycle of 29.77 days.