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The Moon on Tuesday, August 27, 2024: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 38.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on August 27, 2024Waning Crescent

Tuesday 27 August 2024381,973 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 27, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.2% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
381,973 km237,347 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 2024 is on Monday, August 19, 2024 at 18:26 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at 01:56 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, August 26, 202409:26
New Moon (after)Tuesday, September 3, 202401:56

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Tuesday, August 27, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 4, 2024 to the new moon of September 3, 2024, a cycle of 29.61 days.