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The Moon on Friday, August 27, 2027: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 24.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on August 27, 2027Waning Crescent

Friday 27 August 2027366,971 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 27, 2027, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 24.3% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
366,971 km228,025 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 2027 is on Tuesday, August 17, 2027 at 07:29 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 31, 2027 at 17:41 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 25, 202702:27
New Moon (after)Tuesday, August 31, 202717:41

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Friday, August 27, 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.