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The Moon on Friday, July 27, 1984: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 21°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on July 27, 1984Waning Crescent

Friday 27 July 1984369,068 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 27, 1984, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
369,068 km229,328 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (21°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 1984 is on Friday, July 13, 1984 at 02:20 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 28, 1984 at 11:51 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, July 21, 198404:02
New Moon (after)Saturday, July 28, 198411:51

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Friday, July 27, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 29, 1984 to the new moon of July 28, 1984, a cycle of 29.36 days.