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The Moon on Friday, August 27, 1965: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 14°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on August 27, 1965Waxing Crescent

Friday 27 August 1965361,564 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 27, 1965, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
361,564 km224,665 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 1965 is on Friday, September 10, 1965 at 23:32 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 26, 1965 at 18:51 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, August 26, 196518:51
First Quarter (after)Thursday, September 2, 196519:28

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Friday, August 27, 1965 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 26, 1965 to the new moon of September 25, 1965, a cycle of 29.35 days.