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The Moon on Tuesday, August 9, 1927: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 84.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 28°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on August 9, 1927Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 9 August 1927385,972 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 9, 1927, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.0% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
385,972 km239,832 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (29°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 1927 is on Saturday, August 13, 1927 at 04:37 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 28, 1927 at 17:36 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Tuesday, August 9, 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.