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The Moon on Wednesday, December 27, 1995: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 36.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on December 27, 1995Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 27 December 1995376,824 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 27, 1995, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.4% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
376,824 km234,148 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1995 is on Friday, January 5, 1996 at 20:51 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 22, 1995 at 02:22 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, December 22, 199502:22
First Quarter (after)Thursday, December 28, 199519:07

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Wednesday, December 27, 1995 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 22, 1995 to the new moon of January 20, 1996, a cycle of 29.44 days.