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The Moon on Tuesday, December 27, 1927: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 11.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on December 27, 1927Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 27 December 1927382,927 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 27, 1927, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.6% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
382,927 km237,940 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1927 is on Saturday, January 7, 1928 at 06:08 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 24, 1927 at 04:13 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Tuesday, December 27, 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.