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The Moon on Thursday, December 27, 1928: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

15.3days

Moon phase on December 27, 1928Waning Gibbous

Thursday 27 December 1928359,477 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 27, 1928, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
359,477 km223,369 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1928 is on Wednesday, December 26, 1928 at 19:55 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 11, 1929 at 00:28 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, December 26, 192819:55
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 2, 192918:44

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Thursday, December 27, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 12, 1928 to the new moon of January 11, 1929, a cycle of 29.81 days.