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The Moon on Wednesday, August 27, 1958: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 13°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on August 27, 1958Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 27 August 1958393,199 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 27, 1958, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.8% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
393,199 km244,323 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 1958 is on Friday, August 29, 1958 at 05:54 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 15, 1958 at 03:33 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 21, 195819:45
Full Moon (after)Friday, August 29, 195805:54

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Wednesday, August 27, 1958 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 15, 1958 to the new moon of September 13, 1958, a cycle of 29.35 days.