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The Moon on Monday, May 27, 1929: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 86.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

18.2days

Moon phase on May 27, 1929Waning Gibbous

Monday 27 May 1929405,282 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 27, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.4% of its visible face lit, 18.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.2 dMoon age
405,282 km251,831 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (19°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1929 is on Thursday, May 23, 1929 at 12:50 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 7, 1929 at 13:56 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 23, 192912:50
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 31, 192916:13

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Monday, May 27, 1929 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 9, 1929 to the new moon of June 7, 1929, a cycle of 29.33 days.