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The Moon on Saturday, December 17, 1927: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 36.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

23.1days

Moon phase on December 17, 1927Waning Crescent

Saturday 17 December 1927403,977 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 17, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.0% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
403,977 km251,020 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, December 16, 192700:04
New Moon (after)Saturday, December 24, 192704:13

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Saturday, December 17, 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.