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The Moon on Thursday, December 29, 1927: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 28.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 11°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on December 29, 1927Waxing Crescent

Thursday 29 December 1927376,878 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 29, 1927, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.7% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
376,878 km234,181 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 29, 1927 is on Saturday, January 7, 1928 at 06:08 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 24, 1927 at 04:13 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 29

More about this date

Thursday, December 29, 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.