Waxing · 19.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°
Moon age
4.0days
Moon phase on May 5, 1927Waxing Crescent
On Thursday, May 5, 1927, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.9% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
19.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
379,624 km235,887 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (7°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 5, 1927 is on Monday, May 16, 1927 at 19:03 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 1, 1927 at 12:40 UTC, 4 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Sunday, May 1, 1927 | 12:40 |
| First Quarter (after) | Sunday, May 8, 1927 | 15:27 |
The Moon around May 5
More about this date
Thursday, May 5, 1927 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 1927 to the new moon of May 30, 1927, a cycle of 29.35 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 1927, or the whole moon calendar 1927.
- The same date one year apart: 1926 · 1928.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.