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The Moon on Saturday, May 28, 1927: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 03°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on May 28, 1927Waning Crescent

Saturday 28 May 1927364,092 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 28, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.9% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
364,092 km226,236 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (4°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1927 is on Monday, May 16, 1927 at 19:03 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 30, 1927 at 21:06 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Saturday, May 28, 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.