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The Moon on Wednesday, October 27, 1937: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 39.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 15°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on October 27, 1937Waning Crescent

Wednesday 27 October 1937379,456 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 27, 1937, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.9% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
379,456 km235,783 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (16°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 1937 is on Tuesday, October 19, 1937 at 21:48 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 3, 1937 at 04:16 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 26, 193713:26
New Moon (after)Wednesday, November 3, 193704:16

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Wednesday, October 27, 1937 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 4, 1937 to the new moon of November 3, 1937, a cycle of 29.68 days.