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The Moon on Tuesday, May 27, 1930: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 25°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on May 27, 1930Waning Crescent

Tuesday 27 May 1930373,878 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 27, 1930, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
373,878 km232,317 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (26°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1930 is on Wednesday, June 11, 1930 at 06:12 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 28, 1930 at 05:37 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 20, 193016:22
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 28, 193005:37

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Tuesday, May 27, 1930 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 28, 1930 to the new moon of May 28, 1930, a cycle of 29.44 days.