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The Moon on Monday, August 29, 1927: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 4.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 29°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on August 29, 1927Waxing Crescent

Monday 29 August 1927403,883 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 29, 1927, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.8% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
403,883 km250,961 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (30°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1927 is on Sunday, September 11, 1927 at 12:54 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 27, 1927 at 06:46 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Monday, August 29, 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.