Waxing · 17.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°
Moon age
4.2days
Moon phase on August 27, 2025Waxing Crescent
On Wednesday, August 27, 2025, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.2% of its visible face lit, 4.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.
17.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.2 dMoon age
401,863 km249,706 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 27, 2025 is on Sunday, September 7, 2025 at 18:09 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 06:07 UTC, 4 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Saturday, August 23, 2025 | 06:07 |
| First Quarter (after) | Sunday, August 31, 2025 | 06:25 |
The Moon around August 27
More about this date
Wednesday, August 27, 2025 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 23, 2025 to the new moon of September 21, 2025, a cycle of 29.57 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 2025, or the whole moon calendar 2025.
- The same date one year apart: 2024 · 2026.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.