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The Moon on Monday, August 27, 1945: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 78.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 28°

Moon age

19.5days

Moon phase on August 27, 1945Waning Gibbous

Monday 27 August 1945365,479 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 27, 1945, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.9% of its visible face lit, 19.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.5 dMoon age
365,479 km227,098 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (28°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 1945 is on Thursday, August 23, 1945 at 12:03 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 6, 1945 at 13:44 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, August 23, 194512:03
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, August 30, 194503:44

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Monday, August 27, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 8, 1945 to the new moon of September 6, 1945, a cycle of 29.55 days.