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The Moon on Saturday, August 27, 1921: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 39.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 15°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on August 27, 1921Waning Crescent

Saturday 27 August 1921374,980 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 27, 1921, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.6% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
374,980 km233,001 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (16°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 1921 is on Thursday, August 18, 1921 at 15:28 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 2, 1921 at 03:33 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 26, 192112:51
New Moon (after)Friday, September 2, 192103:33

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Saturday, August 27, 1921 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 3, 1921 to the new moon of September 2, 1921, a cycle of 29.30 days.