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The Moon on Sunday, August 28, 1927: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 17°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on August 28, 1927Waxing Crescent

Sunday 28 August 1927401,864 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 28, 1927, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
401,864 km249,706 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 1927 is on Sunday, September 11, 1927 at 12:54 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 27, 1927 at 06:46 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, August 27, 192706:46
First Quarter (after)Sunday, September 4, 192710:45

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Sunday, August 28, 1927 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 27, 1927 to the new moon of September 25, 1927, a cycle of 29.64 days.