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The Moon on Friday, August 27, 1954: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 22°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on August 27, 1954Waning Crescent

Friday 27 August 1954389,146 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 27, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
389,146 km241,804 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (23°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 1954 is on Saturday, August 14, 1954 at 11:03 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 28, 1954 at 10:21 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, August 21, 195404:51
New Moon (after)Saturday, August 28, 195410:21

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Friday, August 27, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 29, 1954 to the new moon of August 28, 1954, a cycle of 29.50 days.