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The Moon on Saturday, May 27, 1944: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 27.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on May 27, 1944Waxing Crescent

Saturday 27 May 1944399,485 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 27, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.0% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
399,485 km248,229 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1944 is on Tuesday, June 6, 1944 at 18:58 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 22, 1944 at 06:13 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 22, 194406:13
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 30, 194400:07

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Saturday, May 27, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 22, 1944 to the new moon of June 20, 1944, a cycle of 29.45 days.