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The Moon on Wednesday, August 27, 2014: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on August 27, 2014Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 27 August 2014403,018 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 27, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.3% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
403,018 km250,424 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 2014 is on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at 01:38 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 25, 2014 at 14:13 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 25, 201414:13
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, September 2, 201411:11

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Wednesday, August 27, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 25, 2014 to the new moon of September 24, 2014, a cycle of 29.67 days.