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The Moon on Tuesday, December 6, 1927: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 12°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on December 6, 1927Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 6 December 1927361,344 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 6, 1927, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.9% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
361,344 km224,529 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (13°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 6, 1927 is on Thursday, December 8, 1927 at 17:32 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 24, 1927 at 10:09 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 6

More about this date

Tuesday, December 6, 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.