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The Moon on Monday, August 8, 1927: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 75.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 15°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on August 8, 1927Waxing Gibbous

Monday 8 August 1927391,328 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 8, 1927, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 75.8% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

75.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
391,328 km243,160 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (16°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 1927 is on Saturday, August 13, 1927 at 04:37 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 28, 1927 at 17:36 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, August 5, 192718:05
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 13, 192704:37

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Monday, August 8, 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.