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The Moon on Monday, August 27, 1962: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 04°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on August 27, 1962Waning Crescent

Monday 27 August 1962397,068 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 27, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.5% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.5%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
397,068 km246,727 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (4°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 1962 is on Wednesday, August 15, 1962 at 20:09 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 30, 1962 at 03:09 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 22, 196210:26
New Moon (after)Thursday, August 30, 196203:09

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Monday, August 27, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 31, 1962 to the new moon of August 30, 1962, a cycle of 29.61 days.