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The Moon on Tuesday, May 27, 1919: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 06°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on May 27, 1919Waning Crescent

Tuesday 27 May 1919359,785 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 27, 1919, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.3% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
359,785 km223,560 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (6°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1919 is on Thursday, May 15, 1919 at 01:01 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 29, 1919 at 13:12 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 22, 191922:04
New Moon (after)Thursday, May 29, 191913:12

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Tuesday, May 27, 1919 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 30, 1919 to the new moon of May 29, 1919, a cycle of 29.32 days.