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The Moon on Friday, May 27, 1938: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 06°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on May 27, 1938Waning Crescent

Friday 27 May 1938367,874 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 27, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.1% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
367,874 km228,586 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1938 is on Saturday, May 14, 1938 at 08:39 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 29, 1938 at 14:00 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 22, 193812:36
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 29, 193814:00

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Friday, May 27, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 30, 1938 to the new moon of May 29, 1938, a cycle of 29.36 days.