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The Moon on Sunday, December 25, 1927: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on December 25, 1927Waxing Crescent

Sunday 25 December 1927389,481 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 25, 1927, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.9% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
389,481 km242,012 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 1927 is on Saturday, January 7, 1928 at 06:08 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 24, 1927 at 04:13 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, December 24, 192704:13
First Quarter (after)Saturday, December 31, 192711:22

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Sunday, December 25, 1927 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 24, 1927 to the new moon of January 22, 1928, a cycle of 29.67 days.