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Wednesday, August 27, 2025 falls on a Wednesday. It is day 239 of the year, ISO week 35, in Q3.

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Wednesday, August 27

August 27, 2025 is day 239 of 365, ISO week 35, in Q3. The moon is Waxing Crescent and the zodiac sign is Virgo.

Day of year239
ISO week35
QuarterQ3
Days left126

Sun and Moon Cycles

Moon phase
Waxing Crescent
Lunar age
3.5 days
Illumination
14%
Season
Summer in the Northern Hemisphere, winter in the Southern Hemisphere

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Virgo
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August 27
Observance Baculus of Sorrento
Observance Caesarius of Arles
Observance David Lewis
Observance Decuman
Observance Gebhard of Constance
Observance Euthalia
Observance John of Pavia
Observance Lycerius (or: Glycerius, Lizier)

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Wednesday, August 27, 2025 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2009: The Myanmar military junta and ethnic armies began three days of violent clashes in the region of Kokang.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to August 27.

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The Myanmar military junta and ethnic armies began three days of violent clashes in the region of Kokang.

Comair Flight 5191 crashed while inadvertently attempting to take off from the wrong runway at Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky, killing 49 of the 50 people on board, and causing the Federal Aviation Administration to m...

American musician Stevie Ray Vaughan, one of the most influential guitarists in the revival of blues in the 1980s, was killed in a helicopter crash.

The Troubles: the IRA ambushed and killed 18 British soldiers near Warrenpoint, and assassinated Lord Mountbatten on his boat at Mullaghmore.

South Vietnamese junta leader Nguyễn Khánh entered into a triumvirate power-sharing arrangement with rival generals Trần Thiện Khiêm and Dương Văn Minh, both of whom had been involved in plots to unseat Khánh.

The first edition of the Guinness Book of Records was published.

In the shortest recorded war in history, the Sultanate of Zanzibar surrendered to the United Kingdom after less than an hour of conflict.

Black Hawk (pictured), the leader of the Sauk tribe of Native Americans, surrendered to U.S. authorities to end the Black Hawk War.

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