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The Moon on Sunday, May 27, 1923: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 89.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on May 27, 1923Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 27 May 1923361,610 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 27, 1923, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.4% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
361,610 km224,694 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1923 is on Wednesday, May 30, 1923 at 05:07 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 15, 1923 at 22:38 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 23, 192314:25
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 30, 192305:07

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Sunday, May 27, 1923 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 15, 1923 to the new moon of June 14, 1923, a cycle of 29.59 days.