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The Moon on Saturday, May 27, 1911: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on May 27, 1911Waning Crescent

Saturday 27 May 1911359,026 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 27, 1911, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
359,026 km223,088 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1911 is on Saturday, May 13, 1911 at 06:10 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 28, 1911 at 06:24 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 21, 191109:23
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 28, 191106:24

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Saturday, May 27, 1911 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 28, 1911 to the new moon of May 28, 1911, a cycle of 29.33 days.