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The Moon on Tuesday, August 27, 1968: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 14.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 18°

Moon age

3.5days

Moon phase on August 27, 1968Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 27 August 1968373,213 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 27, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.3% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
373,213 km231,903 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 1968 is on Friday, September 6, 1968 at 22:07 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 23, 1968 at 23:57 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, August 23, 196823:57
First Quarter (after)Friday, August 30, 196823:35

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Tuesday, August 27, 1968 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 23, 1968 to the new moon of September 22, 1968, a cycle of 29.47 days.