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The Moon on Wednesday, August 27, 1969: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 100.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 04°

Full Moon at

10:32UTC

Moon phase on August 27, 1969Full Moon

Wednesday 27 August 1969364,206 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 27, 1969, the Moon was a Full Moon: 100.0% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

100.0%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
364,206 km226,307 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (5°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Sturgeon Moon, 364,032 km from Earth. SupermoonPenumbral lunar eclipse

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 1969 is on Wednesday, August 27, 1969 at 10:32 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 13, 1969 at 05:17 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 20, 196920:03
Full Moon (this day)Wednesday, August 27, 196910:32
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, September 3, 196916:58

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Wednesday, August 27, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 13, 1969 to the new moon of September 11, 1969, a cycle of 29.61 days.