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The Moon on Thursday, August 27, 1914: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 42.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on August 27, 1914Waxing Crescent

Thursday 27 August 1914370,067 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 27, 1914, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.1% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
370,067 km229,949 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 1914 is on Friday, September 4, 1914 at 14:01 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 21, 1914 at 12:26 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, August 21, 191412:26
First Quarter (after)Friday, August 28, 191404:52

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Thursday, August 27, 1914 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 21, 1914 to the new moon of September 19, 1914, a cycle of 29.38 days.