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The Moon on Wednesday, August 27, 1924: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 00°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on August 27, 1924Waning Crescent

Wednesday 27 August 1924396,770 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 27, 1924, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.4% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
396,770 km246,541 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (0°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 1924 is on Thursday, August 14, 1924 at 20:19 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 30, 1924 at 08:37 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 22, 192409:10
New Moon (after)Saturday, August 30, 192408:37

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Wednesday, August 27, 1924 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 31, 1924 to the new moon of August 30, 1924, a cycle of 29.54 days.