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The Moon on Thursday, May 27, 1937: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 95.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 29°

Moon age

16.9days

Moon phase on May 27, 1937Waning Gibbous

Thursday 27 May 1937403,334 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 27, 1937, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.8% of its visible face lit, 16.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.8%Illumination at noon UTC
16.9 dMoon age
403,334 km250,620 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (30°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1937 is on Tuesday, May 25, 1937 at 07:38 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 8, 1937 at 20:43 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, May 25, 193707:38
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 2, 193705:24

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Thursday, May 27, 1937 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 10, 1937 to the new moon of June 8, 1937, a cycle of 29.31 days.