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The Moon on Wednesday, May 27, 1914: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on May 27, 1914Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 27 May 1914392,382 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 27, 1914, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.9% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
392,382 km243,815 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1914 is on Monday, June 8, 1914 at 05:18 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 25, 1914 at 02:35 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 25, 191402:35
First Quarter (after)Monday, June 1, 191414:03

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Wednesday, May 27, 1914 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 25, 1914 to the new moon of June 23, 1914, a cycle of 29.54 days.