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The Moon on Friday, August 27, 2055: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 29.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 09°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on August 27, 2055Waxing Crescent

Friday 27 August 2055368,148 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 27, 2055, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 29.6% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
368,148 km228,756 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (10°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 2055 is on Monday, September 6, 2055 at 01:56 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 22, 2055 at 18:15 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 22, 205518:15
First Quarter (after)Sunday, August 29, 205508:35

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Friday, August 27, 2055 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 22, 2055 to the new moon of September 21, 2055, a cycle of 29.34 days.