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The Moon on Thursday, May 27, 1920: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 76.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

9.2days

Moon phase on May 27, 1920Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 27 May 1920391,932 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 27, 1920, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.3% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
391,932 km243,535 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (7°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1920 is on Tuesday, June 1, 1920 at 17:18 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 18, 1920 at 06:25 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 24, 192021:07
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, June 1, 192017:18

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Thursday, May 27, 1920 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 1920 to the new moon of June 16, 1920, a cycle of 29.30 days.