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The Moon on Thursday, December 22, 1927: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 10°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on December 22, 1927Waning Crescent

Thursday 22 December 1927399,235 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 22, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
399,235 km248,073 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (11°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 1927 is on Thursday, December 8, 1927 at 17:32 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 24, 1927 at 04:13 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Thursday, December 22, 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.