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The Moon on Sunday, August 27, 1933: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 39.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on August 27, 1933Waxing Crescent

Sunday 27 August 1933372,417 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 27, 1933, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.6% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
372,417 km231,409 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (22°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 1933 is on Monday, September 4, 1933 at 05:04 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 21, 1933 at 05:48 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 21, 193305:48
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 28, 193310:13

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Sunday, August 27, 1933 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 21, 1933 to the new moon of September 19, 1933, a cycle of 29.52 days.