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The Moon on Monday, May 27, 1957: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 11°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on May 27, 1957Waning Crescent

Monday 27 May 1957386,665 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 27, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.5% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.5%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
386,665 km240,262 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (11°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1957 is on Monday, May 13, 1957 at 22:34 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 29, 1957 at 11:39 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 21, 195717:03
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 29, 195711:39

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Monday, May 27, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 1957 to the new moon of May 29, 1957, a cycle of 29.49 days.