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The Moon on Friday, May 20, 1927: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 86.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 11°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on May 20, 1927Waning Gibbous

Friday 20 May 1927386,023 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 20, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.5% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.5%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
386,023 km239,864 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (12°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1927 is on Monday, May 16, 1927 at 19:03 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 30, 1927 at 21:06 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Friday, May 20, 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.