Waxing · 55.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 10°
Moon age
8.6days
Moon phase on August 27, 1944Waxing Gibbous
On Sunday, August 27, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 55.4% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.
55.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
387,822 km240,981 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (10°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 27, 1944 is on Saturday, September 2, 1944 at 20:21 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 18, 1944 at 20:25 UTC, 9 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Saturday, August 26, 1944 | 23:39 |
| Full Moon (after) | Saturday, September 2, 1944 | 20:21 |
The Moon around August 27
More about this date
Sunday, August 27, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 18, 1944 to the new moon of September 17, 1944, a cycle of 29.68 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 1944, or the whole moon calendar 1944.
- The same date one year apart: 1943 · 1945.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.