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The Moon on Sunday, May 29, 1927: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on May 29, 1927Waning Crescent

Sunday 29 May 1927364,964 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 29, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.7% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
364,964 km226,778 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (18°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 1927 is on Monday, May 16, 1927 at 19:03 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 30, 1927 at 21:06 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Sunday, May 29, 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.