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The Moon on Thursday, May 19, 1927: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 92.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 28°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on May 19, 1927Waning Gibbous

Thursday 19 May 1927389,553 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 19, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.7% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.7%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
389,553 km242,057 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (29°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1927 is on Monday, May 16, 1927 at 19:03 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 30, 1927 at 21:06 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Thursday, May 19, 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.