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The Moon on Wednesday, May 27, 1925: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 20.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on May 27, 1925Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 27 May 1925405,220 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 27, 1925, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.2% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
405,220 km251,792 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1925 is on Saturday, June 6, 1925 at 21:48 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 22, 1925 at 15:48 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 22, 192515:48
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 30, 192520:04

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Wednesday, May 27, 1925 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 22, 1925 to the new moon of June 21, 1925, a cycle of 29.60 days.