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The Moon on Wednesday, August 27, 1919: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 3.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

1.8days

Moon phase on August 27, 1919Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 27 August 1919392,011 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 27, 1919, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.9% of its visible face lit, 1.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.8 dMoon age
392,011 km243,584 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 1919 is on Wednesday, September 10, 1919 at 03:54 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 25, 1919 at 15:37 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 25, 191915:37
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, September 2, 191914:22

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Wednesday, August 27, 1919 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 25, 1919 to the new moon of September 24, 1919, a cycle of 29.54 days.