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The Moon on Sunday, June 5, 1927: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 32.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 23°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on June 5, 1927Waxing Crescent

Sunday 5 June 1927396,074 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 5, 1927, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.7% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
396,074 km246,109 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (23°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 5, 1927 is on Wednesday, June 15, 1927 at 08:19 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 30, 1927 at 21:06 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 30, 192721:06
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 7, 192707:49

The Moon around June 5

More about this date

Sunday, June 5, 1927 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 30, 1927 to the new moon of June 29, 1927, a cycle of 29.39 days.