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The Moon on Tuesday, May 17, 1927: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 03°

Moon age

16.0days

Moon phase on May 17, 1927Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 17 May 1927396,168 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 17, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
396,168 km246,167 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (4°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 1927 is on Monday, May 16, 1927 at 19:03 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 30, 1927 at 21:06 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 16, 192719:03
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 24, 192705:34

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Tuesday, May 17, 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.