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The Moon on Thursday, August 27, 1981: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 07°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on August 27, 1981Waning Crescent

Thursday 27 August 1981377,900 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 27, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.2% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
377,900 km234,816 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 1981 is on Saturday, August 15, 1981 at 16:37 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 29, 1981 at 14:44 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, August 22, 198114:16
New Moon (after)Saturday, August 29, 198114:44

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Thursday, August 27, 1981 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 31, 1981 to the new moon of August 29, 1981, a cycle of 29.45 days.