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The Moon on Monday, May 23, 1927: Waning Gibbous, 58% lit

Waning · 58.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

Moon age

22.0days

Moon phase on May 23, 1927Waning Gibbous

Monday 23 May 1927375,117 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 23, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 58.3% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

58.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
375,117 km233,087 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 1927 is on Monday, May 16, 1927 at 19:03 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 30, 1927 at 21:06 UTC, 7 days later.

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

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Monday, May 23, 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.