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The Moon on Friday, May 27, 1921: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 72.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

Moon age

19.6days

Moon phase on May 27, 1921Waning Gibbous

Friday 27 May 1921404,736 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 27, 1921, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.2% of its visible face lit, 19.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.6 dMoon age
404,736 km251,491 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1921 is on Saturday, May 21, 1921 at 20:15 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 6, 1921 at 06:14 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 21, 192120:15
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 29, 192121:44

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Friday, May 27, 1921 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 1921 to the new moon of June 6, 1921, a cycle of 29.38 days.