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The Moon on Wednesday, May 27, 1964: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°

Moon age

15.6days

Moon phase on May 27, 1964Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 27 May 1964406,187 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 27, 1964, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.9% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
406,187 km252,393 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (18°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1964 is on Tuesday, May 26, 1964 at 09:29 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 10, 1964 at 04:22 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, May 26, 196409:29
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 3, 196411:07

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Wednesday, May 27, 1964 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 1964 to the new moon of June 10, 1964, a cycle of 29.31 days.