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The Moon on Monday, August 27, 1900: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 29°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on August 27, 1900Waxing Crescent

Monday 27 August 1900406,175 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 27, 1900, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.1% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
406,175 km252,385 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (29°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 1900 is on Sunday, September 9, 1900 at 05:06 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 25, 1900 at 03:53 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, August 25, 190003:53
First Quarter (after)Sunday, September 2, 190007:56

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Monday, August 27, 1900 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 25, 1900 to the new moon of September 23, 1900, a cycle of 29.67 days.