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The Moon on Sunday, August 27, 2006: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 11.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on August 27, 2006Waxing Crescent

Sunday 27 August 2006405,388 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 27, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.8% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
405,388 km251,896 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 2006 is on Thursday, September 7, 2006 at 18:42 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 at 19:10 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 23, 200619:10
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 31, 200622:57

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Sunday, August 27, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 23, 2006 to the new moon of September 22, 2006, a cycle of 29.69 days.