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The Moon on Monday, May 27, 1912: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 87.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 24°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on May 27, 1912Waxing Gibbous

Monday 27 May 1912385,330 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 27, 1912, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.8% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
385,330 km239,433 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (25°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1912 is on Thursday, May 30, 1912 at 23:29 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 16, 1912 at 22:13 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, May 23, 191214:11
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 30, 191223:29

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Monday, May 27, 1912 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 16, 1912 to the new moon of June 15, 1912, a cycle of 29.34 days.