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The Moon on Monday, August 27, 1979: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 19.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 25°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on August 27, 1979Waxing Crescent

Monday 27 August 1979399,918 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 27, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.5% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
399,918 km248,497 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 1979 is on Thursday, September 6, 1979 at 10:59 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 22, 1979 at 17:11 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 22, 197917:11
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 30, 197918:09

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Monday, August 27, 1979 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 22, 1979 to the new moon of September 21, 1979, a cycle of 29.69 days.