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The Moon on Friday, December 23, 1927: Waning Crescent, 0% lit

Waning · 0.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 22°

Moon age

29.1days

Moon phase on December 23, 1927Waning Crescent

Friday 23 December 1927396,158 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 23, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 29.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
29.1 dMoon age
396,158 km246,161 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (23°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 1927 is on Saturday, January 7, 1928 at 06:08 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 24, 1927 at 04:13 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Friday, December 23, 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.