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The Moon on Saturday, May 27, 1933: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on May 27, 1933Waxing Crescent

Saturday 27 May 1933405,037 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 27, 1933, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.5% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
405,037 km251,678 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1933 is on Thursday, June 8, 1933 at 05:05 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 24, 1933 at 10:07 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 24, 193310:07
First Quarter (after)Thursday, June 1, 193311:53

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Saturday, May 27, 1933 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 24, 1933 to the new moon of June 23, 1933, a cycle of 29.64 days.