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The Moon on Monday, August 22, 1927: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 22.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on August 22, 1927Waning Crescent

Monday 22 August 1927382,505 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 22, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.4% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
382,505 km237,678 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (2°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 1927 is on Saturday, August 13, 1927 at 04:37 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 27, 1927 at 06:46 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Monday, August 22, 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.