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The Moon on Saturday, May 27, 1916: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 17.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on May 27, 1916Waning Crescent

Saturday 27 May 1916389,305 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 27, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.8% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
389,305 km241,903 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (16°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1916 is on Wednesday, May 17, 1916 at 14:11 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 31, 1916 at 19:37 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 24, 191605:16
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 31, 191619:37

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Saturday, May 27, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 1916 to the new moon of May 31, 1916, a cycle of 29.59 days.