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The Moon on Tuesday, August 27, 1974: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 76.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on August 27, 1974Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 27 August 1974402,621 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 27, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.6% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
402,621 km250,177 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 1974 is on Sunday, September 1, 1974 at 19:25 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 17, 1974 at 19:02 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 24, 197415:39
Full Moon (after)Sunday, September 1, 197419:25

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Tuesday, August 27, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 17, 1974 to the new moon of September 16, 1974, a cycle of 29.32 days.