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The Moon on Thursday, May 27, 1943: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 39.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 17°

Moon age

23.1days

Moon phase on May 27, 1943Waning Crescent

Thursday 27 May 1943375,365 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 27, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.7% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
375,365 km233,241 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (17°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1943 is on Wednesday, May 19, 1943 at 21:13 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 2, 1943 at 22:33 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 26, 194313:34
New Moon (after)Wednesday, June 2, 194322:33

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Thursday, May 27, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 1943 to the new moon of June 2, 1943, a cycle of 29.53 days.