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The Moon on Sunday, October 27, 1929: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 26.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 01°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on October 27, 1929Waning Crescent

Sunday 27 October 1929374,517 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 27, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.7% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
374,517 km232,714 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 1929 is on Friday, October 18, 1929 at 12:06 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 1, 1929 at 12:01 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, October 25, 192908:21
New Moon (after)Friday, November 1, 192912:01

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Sunday, October 27, 1929 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 2, 1929 to the new moon of November 1, 1929, a cycle of 29.57 days.