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The Moon on Sunday, May 27, 1928: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 61.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

Moon age

7.9days

Moon phase on May 27, 1928Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 27 May 1928395,470 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 27, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.3% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
395,470 km245,733 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (19°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1928 is on Sunday, June 3, 1928 at 12:14 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 19, 1928 at 13:14 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 26, 192809:12
Full Moon (after)Sunday, June 3, 192812:14

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Sunday, May 27, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 19, 1928 to the new moon of June 17, 1928, a cycle of 29.31 days.