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The Moon on Sunday, August 27, 2017: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 32.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on August 27, 2017Waxing Crescent

Sunday 27 August 2017398,748 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 27, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.7% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
398,748 km247,770 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (14°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 2017 is on Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 07:03 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 21, 2017 at 18:30 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 21, 201718:30
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 29, 201708:13

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Sunday, August 27, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 21, 2017 to the new moon of September 20, 2017, a cycle of 29.46 days.