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The Moon on Sunday, May 27, 1900: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on May 27, 1900Waning Crescent

Sunday 27 May 1900371,294 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 27, 1900, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
371,294 km230,711 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1900 is on Monday, May 14, 1900 at 15:37 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 28, 1900 at 14:50 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, May 21, 190020:31
New Moon (after)Monday, May 28, 190014:50

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Sunday, May 27, 1900 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 1900 to the new moon of May 28, 1900, a cycle of 29.39 days.