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The Moon on Monday, December 5, 1927: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 85.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 27°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on December 5, 1927Waxing Gibbous

Monday 5 December 1927362,934 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 5, 1927, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.5% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
362,934 km225,517 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (28°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 5, 1927 is on Thursday, December 8, 1927 at 17:32 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 24, 1927 at 10:09 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, December 2, 192702:15
Full Moon (after)Thursday, December 8, 192717:32

The Moon around December 5

More about this date

Monday, December 5, 1927 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 24, 1927 to the new moon of December 24, 1927, a cycle of 29.75 days.