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The Moon on Thursday, May 27, 1965: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 14.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on May 27, 1965Waning Crescent

Thursday 27 May 1965380,746 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 27, 1965, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.4% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
380,746 km236,584 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1965 is on Saturday, May 15, 1965 at 11:52 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 30, 1965 at 21:13 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 23, 196514:40
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 30, 196521:13

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Thursday, May 27, 1965 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 1965 to the new moon of May 30, 1965, a cycle of 29.39 days.