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The Moon on Wednesday, May 27, 1908: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 03°

Moon age

26.9days

Moon phase on May 27, 1908Waning Crescent

Wednesday 27 May 1908380,983 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 27, 1908, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.8% of its visible face lit, 26.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.9 dMoon age
380,983 km236,732 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (4°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1908 is on Saturday, May 16, 1908 at 04:32 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 30, 1908 at 03:15 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 23, 190800:17
New Moon (after)Saturday, May 30, 190803:15

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Wednesday, May 27, 1908 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 30, 1908 to the new moon of May 30, 1908, a cycle of 29.49 days.