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The Moon on Saturday, August 27, 1949: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 15.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 20°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on August 27, 1949Waxing Crescent

Saturday 27 August 1949363,275 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 27, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.5% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
363,275 km225,729 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (20°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 1949 is on Wednesday, September 7, 1949 at 10:00 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 24, 1949 at 03:59 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 24, 194903:59
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 30, 194919:17

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Saturday, August 27, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 24, 1949 to the new moon of September 22, 1949, a cycle of 29.35 days.