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The Moon on Monday, December 27, 1937: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 23.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on December 27, 1937Waning Crescent

Monday 27 December 1937401,921 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 27, 1937, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 23.0% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
401,921 km249,742 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (8°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1937 is on Friday, December 17, 1937 at 18:52 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 1, 1938 at 18:58 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, December 24, 193714:20
New Moon (after)Saturday, January 1, 193818:58

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Monday, December 27, 1937 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 2, 1937 to the new moon of January 1, 1938, a cycle of 29.82 days.