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The Moon on Monday, May 27, 1918: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 23°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on May 27, 1918Waning Gibbous

Monday 27 May 1918387,705 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 27, 1918, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
387,705 km240,909 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (24°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1918 is on Saturday, May 25, 1918 at 22:32 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 8, 1918 at 22:02 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 25, 191822:32
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, June 2, 191804:20

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Monday, May 27, 1918 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 10, 1918 to the new moon of June 8, 1918, a cycle of 29.38 days.