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The Moon on Sunday, August 21, 1927: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 32.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on August 21, 1927Waning Crescent

Sunday 21 August 1927378,771 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 21, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.0% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
378,771 km235,357 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 21, 1927 is on Saturday, August 13, 1927 at 04:37 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 27, 1927 at 06:46 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 19, 192719:54
New Moon (after)Saturday, August 27, 192706:46

The Moon around August 21

More about this date

Sunday, August 21, 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.