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The Moon on Friday, December 27, 2013: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 30.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on December 27, 2013Waning Crescent

Friday 27 December 2013379,630 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 27, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.6% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
379,630 km235,891 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 2013 is on Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at 09:28 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at 11:14 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, December 25, 201313:48
New Moon (after)Wednesday, January 1, 201411:14

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Friday, December 27, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 3, 2013 to the new moon of January 1, 2014, a cycle of 29.45 days.