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The Moon on Monday, August 27, 1928: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 19°

Moon age

11.9days

Moon phase on August 27, 1928Waxing Gibbous

Monday 27 August 1928393,795 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 27, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.0% of its visible face lit, 11.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.9 dMoon age
393,795 km244,693 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (20°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 1928 is on Friday, August 31, 1928 at 02:34 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 15, 1928 at 13:49 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 23, 192808:21
Full Moon (after)Friday, August 31, 192802:34

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Monday, August 27, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 15, 1928 to the new moon of September 14, 1928, a cycle of 29.48 days.