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The Moon on Monday, August 27, 1951: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 22.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on August 27, 1951Waning Crescent

Monday 27 August 1951404,861 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 27, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.5% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
404,861 km251,569 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (7°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 1951 is on Friday, August 17, 1951 at 02:59 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 1, 1951 at 12:50 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 24, 195110:20
New Moon (after)Saturday, September 1, 195112:50

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Monday, August 27, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 2, 1951 to the new moon of September 1, 1951, a cycle of 29.59 days.