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The Moon on Sunday, August 27, 1995: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on August 27, 1995Waxing Crescent

Sunday 27 August 1995386,407 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 27, 1995, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.9% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
386,407 km240,102 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (19°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 1995 is on Saturday, September 9, 1995 at 03:37 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 26, 1995 at 04:31 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, August 26, 199504:31
First Quarter (after)Saturday, September 2, 199509:03

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Sunday, August 27, 1995 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 26, 1995 to the new moon of September 24, 1995, a cycle of 29.52 days.