Waxing · 47.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 09°
First Quarter at
18:05UTC
Moon phase on August 5, 1927First Quarter
On Friday, August 5, 1927, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.7% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
47.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
402,784 km250,278 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 5, 1927 is on Saturday, August 13, 1927 at 04:37 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 28, 1927 at 17:36 UTC, 8 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Thursday, July 28, 1927 | 17:36 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Friday, August 5, 1927 | 18:05 |
| Full Moon (after) | Saturday, August 13, 1927 | 04:37 |
The Moon around August 5
More about this date
Friday, August 5, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 1927, or the whole moon calendar 1927.
- The same date one year apart: 1926 · 1928.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.