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The Moon on Wednesday, May 27, 1931: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

9.9days

Moon phase on May 27, 1931Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 27 May 1931367,583 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 27, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.2% of its visible face lit, 9.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.9 dMoon age
367,583 km228,405 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1931 is on Sunday, May 31, 1931 at 14:33 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 17, 1931 at 15:28 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, May 24, 193119:39
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 31, 193114:33

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Wednesday, May 27, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 17, 1931 to the new moon of June 16, 1931, a cycle of 29.48 days.