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The Moon on Wednesday, May 27, 1903: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

Moon age

29.9days

Moon phase on May 27, 1903Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 27 May 1903363,599 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 27, 1903, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 29.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
29.9 dMoon age
363,599 km225,930 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1903 is on Wednesday, June 10, 1903 at 03:08 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 26, 1903 at 22:50 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 26, 190322:50
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 2, 190313:24

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Wednesday, May 27, 1903 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 26, 1903 to the new moon of June 25, 1903, a cycle of 29.31 days.