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The Moon on Friday, August 27, 1971: Waxing Crescent, 35% lit

Waxing · 34.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Moon age

6.5days

Moon phase on August 27, 1971Waxing Crescent

Friday 27 August 1971401,968 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 27, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 34.6% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
401,968 km249,771 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (15°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 1971 is on Sunday, September 5, 1971 at 04:02 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 20, 1971 at 22:54 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, August 20, 197122:54
First Quarter (after)Sunday, August 29, 197102:56

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Friday, August 27, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 20, 1971 to the new moon of September 19, 1971, a cycle of 29.66 days.