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The Moon on Saturday, August 27, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 88.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on August 27, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 27 August 1966399,787 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 27, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.9% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
399,787 km248,416 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (25°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 1966 is on Wednesday, August 31, 1966 at 00:14 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 16, 1966 at 11:48 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 23, 196603:02
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, August 31, 196600:14

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Saturday, August 27, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 16, 1966 to the new moon of September 14, 1966, a cycle of 29.31 days.