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The Moon on Thursday, December 27, 1951: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on December 27, 1951Waning Crescent

Thursday 27 December 1951359,179 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 27, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
359,179 km223,183 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1951 is on Thursday, December 13, 1951 at 09:31 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 28, 1951 at 11:43 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, December 21, 195114:38
New Moon (after)Friday, December 28, 195111:43

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Thursday, December 27, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 29, 1951 to the new moon of December 28, 1951, a cycle of 29.45 days.