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The Moon on Friday, October 28, 1927: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 7.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Moon age

2.8days

Moon phase on October 28, 1927Waxing Crescent

Friday 28 October 1927402,776 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 28, 1927, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.2% of its visible face lit, 2.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.8 dMoon age
402,776 km250,274 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 1927 is on Wednesday, November 9, 1927 at 06:36 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 25, 1927 at 15:38 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Friday, October 28, 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.