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The Moon on Friday, August 27, 1926: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 78.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 29°

Moon age

18.9days

Moon phase on August 27, 1926Waning Gibbous

Friday 27 August 1926368,621 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 27, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.1% of its visible face lit, 18.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.9 dMoon age
368,621 km229,050 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (29°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 1926 is on Monday, August 23, 1926 at 12:38 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 7, 1926 at 05:45 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, August 23, 192612:38
Last Quarter (after)Monday, August 30, 192604:40

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Friday, August 27, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 8, 1926 to the new moon of September 7, 1926, a cycle of 29.66 days.