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The Moon on Wednesday, August 27, 2036: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 38.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

5.8days

Moon phase on August 27, 2036Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 27 August 2036385,449 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 27, 2036, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 38.7% of its visible face lit, 5.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.8 dMoon age
385,449 km239,507 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (22°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 2036 is on Friday, September 5, 2036 at 18:46 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 21, 2036 at 17:35 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, August 21, 203617:35
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 28, 203614:43

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Wednesday, August 27, 2036 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 21, 2036 to the new moon of September 20, 2036, a cycle of 29.34 days.