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The Moon on Saturday, August 28, 2027: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 14.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on August 28, 2027Waning Crescent

Saturday 28 August 2027363,055 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 28, 2027, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 14.9% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
363,055 km225,592 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 2027 is on Tuesday, August 17, 2027 at 07:29 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 31, 2027 at 17:41 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Saturday, August 28, 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.