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The Moon on Saturday, August 27, 1960: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 25.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 04°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on August 27, 1960Waxing Crescent

Saturday 27 August 1960380,639 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 27, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.6% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
380,639 km236,518 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (5°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 1960 is on Monday, September 5, 1960 at 11:19 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 22, 1960 at 09:15 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 22, 196009:15
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 29, 196019:22

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Saturday, August 27, 1960 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 22, 1960 to the new moon of September 20, 1960, a cycle of 29.58 days.