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The Moon on Friday, May 27, 1927: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 15.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 19°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on May 27, 1927Waning Crescent

Friday 27 May 1927364,535 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 27, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.5% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
364,535 km226,512 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (19°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1927 is on Monday, May 16, 1927 at 19:03 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 30, 1927 at 21:06 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 24, 192705:34
New Moon (after)Monday, May 30, 192721:06

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Friday, May 27, 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.