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The Moon on Thursday, August 27, 1959: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 39.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Moon age

22.9days

Moon phase on August 27, 1959Waning Crescent

Thursday 27 August 1959403,208 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 27, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.2% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
403,208 km250,541 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (16°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 1959 is on Tuesday, August 18, 1959 at 12:51 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 3, 1959 at 01:56 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 26, 195908:03
New Moon (after)Thursday, September 3, 195901:56

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Thursday, August 27, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 4, 1959 to the new moon of September 3, 1959, a cycle of 29.47 days.