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The Moon on Tuesday, May 27, 1924: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 31.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 28°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on May 27, 1924Waning Crescent

Tuesday 27 May 1924394,202 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 27, 1924, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.1% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
394,202 km244,946 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1924 is on Sunday, May 18, 1924 at 21:52 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 2, 1924 at 14:34 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 25, 192414:16
New Moon (after)Monday, June 2, 192414:34

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Tuesday, May 27, 1924 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 3, 1924 to the new moon of June 2, 1924, a cycle of 29.65 days.