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The Moon on Wednesday, May 18, 1927: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 16°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on May 18, 1927Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 18 May 1927392,952 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 18, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.1% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.1%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
392,952 km244,169 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (16°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1927 is on Monday, May 16, 1927 at 19:03 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 30, 1927 at 21:06 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Wednesday, May 18, 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.