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The Moon on Wednesday, May 27, 1953: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

14.3days

Moon phase on May 27, 1953Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 27 May 1953390,377 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 27, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.2% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.2%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
390,377 km242,569 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1953 is on Thursday, May 28, 1953 at 17:03 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 13, 1953 at 05:06 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 20, 195318:20
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 28, 195317:03

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Wednesday, May 27, 1953 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 13, 1953 to the new moon of June 11, 1953, a cycle of 29.41 days.