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The Moon on Wednesday, August 27, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 39.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

6.9days

Moon phase on August 27, 1952Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 27 August 1952385,430 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 27, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.5% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
385,430 km239,495 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (22°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 1952 is on Thursday, September 4, 1952 at 03:19 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 20, 1952 at 15:20 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 20, 195215:20
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 28, 195212:03

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Wednesday, August 27, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 20, 1952 to the new moon of September 19, 1952, a cycle of 29.67 days.