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The Moon on Thursday, August 27, 1908: Waxing Crescent, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 09°

Moon age

0.5days

Moon phase on August 27, 1908Waxing Crescent

Thursday 27 August 1908406,048 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 27, 1908, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.4% of its visible face lit, 0.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.4%Illumination at noon UTC
0.5 dMoon age
406,048 km252,306 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (10°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 1908 is on Thursday, September 10, 1908 at 12:23 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 26, 1908 at 22:59 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 26, 190822:59
First Quarter (after)Thursday, September 3, 190820:51

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Thursday, August 27, 1908 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 26, 1908 to the new moon of September 25, 1908, a cycle of 29.67 days.