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The Moon on Tuesday, August 27, 1957: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 02°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on August 27, 1957Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 27 August 1957360,088 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 27, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.3% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
360,088 km223,748 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 1957 is on Monday, September 9, 1957 at 04:55 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 25, 1957 at 11:33 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 25, 195711:33
First Quarter (after)Sunday, September 1, 195704:35

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Tuesday, August 27, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 25, 1957 to the new moon of September 23, 1957, a cycle of 29.32 days.