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The Moon on Tuesday, August 2, 1927: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 21.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on August 2, 1927Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 2 August 1927403,733 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 2, 1927, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.1% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
403,733 km250,868 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 2, 1927 is on Saturday, August 13, 1927 at 04:37 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 28, 1927 at 17:36 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, July 28, 192717:36
First Quarter (after)Friday, August 5, 192718:05

The Moon around August 2

More about this date

Tuesday, August 2, 1927 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 28, 1927 to the new moon of August 27, 1927, a cycle of 29.55 days.