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The Moon on Thursday, August 27, 1931: Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on August 27, 1931Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 27 August 1931401,898 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 27, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
401,898 km249,727 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 1931 is on Friday, August 28, 1931 at 03:10 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 13, 1931 at 20:27 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 20, 193111:36
Full Moon (after)Friday, August 28, 193103:10

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Thursday, August 27, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 13, 1931 to the new moon of September 12, 1931, a cycle of 29.33 days.