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The Moon on Thursday, December 15, 1927: Waning Gibbous, 55% lit

Waning · 55.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°

Moon age

21.1days

Moon phase on December 15, 1927Waning Gibbous

Thursday 15 December 1927398,022 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 15, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 55.0% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

55.0%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
398,022 km247,319 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 1927 is on Thursday, December 8, 1927 at 17:32 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 24, 1927 at 04:13 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Thursday, December 15, 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.