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The Moon on Saturday, December 27, 1975: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 29.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on December 27, 1975Waning Crescent

Saturday 27 December 1975370,720 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 27, 1975, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.3% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
370,720 km230,354 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (30°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1975 is on Thursday, December 18, 1975 at 14:40 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 1, 1976 at 14:40 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, December 25, 197514:52
New Moon (after)Thursday, January 1, 197614:40

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Saturday, December 27, 1975 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 3, 1975 to the new moon of January 1, 1976, a cycle of 29.58 days.