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The Moon on Tuesday, March 27, 1928: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 39.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on March 27, 1928Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 27 March 1928371,632 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 27, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.1% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
371,632 km230,921 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 1928 is on Thursday, April 5, 1928 at 03:38 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 21, 1928 at 20:29 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, March 21, 192820:29
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 28, 192811:54

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Tuesday, March 27, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 21, 1928 to the new moon of April 20, 1928, a cycle of 29.37 days.