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The Moon on Thursday, August 27, 1903: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 26.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 05°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on August 27, 1903Waxing Crescent

Thursday 27 August 1903381,868 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 27, 1903, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.7% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
381,868 km237,282 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (5°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 1903 is on Monday, September 7, 1903 at 00:20 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 22, 1903 at 19:51 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, August 22, 190319:51
First Quarter (after)Saturday, August 29, 190320:34

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Thursday, August 27, 1903 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 22, 1903 to the new moon of September 21, 1903, a cycle of 29.36 days.