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The Moon on Thursday, August 27, 2015: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on August 27, 2015Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 27 August 2015366,951 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 27, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.5% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
366,951 km228,013 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 2015 is on Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 18:35 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 14, 2015 at 14:54 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 22, 201519:31
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 29, 201518:35

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Thursday, August 27, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 14, 2015 to the new moon of September 13, 2015, a cycle of 29.66 days.