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The Moon on Saturday, August 21, 2027: Waning Gibbous, 84% lit

Waning · 84.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 14°

Moon age

19.1days

Moon phase on August 21, 2027Waning Gibbous

Saturday 21 August 2027395,109 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 21, 2027, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 84.2% of its visible face lit, 19.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

84.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.1 dMoon age
395,109 km245,509 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (15°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 21, 2027 is on Tuesday, August 17, 2027 at 07:29 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 31, 2027 at 17:41 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, August 17, 202707:29
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 25, 202702:27

The Moon around August 21

More about this date

Saturday, August 21, 2027 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 2, 2027 to the new moon of August 31, 2027, a cycle of 29.32 days.