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The Moon on Friday, December 9, 1927: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 26°

Moon age

15.1days

Moon phase on December 9, 1927Waning Gibbous

Friday 9 December 1927366,033 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 9, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 15.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
15.1 dMoon age
366,033 km227,442 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 9, 1927 is on Thursday, December 8, 1927 at 17:32 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 24, 1927 at 04:13 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, December 8, 192717:32
Last Quarter (after)Friday, December 16, 192700:04

The Moon around December 9

More about this date

Friday, December 9, 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.