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The Moon on Tuesday, August 23, 1927: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 14.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

Moon age

25.8days

Moon phase on August 23, 1927Waning Crescent

Tuesday 23 August 1927386,180 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 23, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.2% of its visible face lit, 25.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.8 dMoon age
386,180 km239,961 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1927 is on Saturday, August 13, 1927 at 04:37 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 27, 1927 at 06:46 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Tuesday, August 23, 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.