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The Moon on Tuesday, May 27, 1941: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on May 27, 1941Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 27 May 1941401,441 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 27, 1941, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
401,441 km249,444 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1941 is on Monday, June 9, 1941 at 12:34 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 26, 1941 at 05:19 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 26, 194105:19
First Quarter (after)Monday, June 2, 194121:56

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Tuesday, May 27, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 26, 1941 to the new moon of June 24, 1941, a cycle of 29.59 days.