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The Moon on Thursday, August 18, 1927: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 65.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

Moon age

20.8days

Moon phase on August 18, 1927Waning Gibbous

Thursday 18 August 1927368,372 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 18, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 65.1% of its visible face lit, 20.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.8 dMoon age
368,372 km228,896 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1927 is on Saturday, August 13, 1927 at 04:37 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 27, 1927 at 06:46 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, August 13, 192704:37
Last Quarter (after)Friday, August 19, 192719:54

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Thursday, August 18, 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.