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The Moon on Monday, August 27, 1973: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on August 27, 1973Waning Crescent

Monday 27 August 1973368,344 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 27, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
368,344 km228,878 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 1973 is on Tuesday, August 14, 1973 at 02:17 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 28, 1973 at 03:25 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 21, 197310:22
New Moon (after)Tuesday, August 28, 197303:25

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Monday, August 27, 1973 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 29, 1973 to the new moon of August 28, 1973, a cycle of 29.35 days.