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The Moon on Sunday, December 18, 1927: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 27.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 22°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on December 18, 1927Waning Crescent

Sunday 18 December 1927405,094 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 18, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.3% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
405,094 km251,714 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 1927 is on Thursday, December 8, 1927 at 17:32 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 24, 1927 at 04:13 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Sunday, December 18, 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.