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The Moon on Saturday, May 27, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 91.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 01°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on May 27, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 27 May 1961383,028 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 27, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.1% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
383,028 km238,003 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (1°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1961 is on Tuesday, May 30, 1961 at 04:37 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 14, 1961 at 16:54 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 22, 196116:19
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 30, 196104:37

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Saturday, May 27, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 14, 1961 to the new moon of June 13, 1961, a cycle of 29.52 days.