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The Moon on Tuesday, May 27, 1969: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 11°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on May 27, 1969Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 27 May 1969378,663 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 27, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.1% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
378,663 km235,290 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1969 is on Saturday, May 31, 1969 at 13:18 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 16, 1969 at 08:26 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 24, 196912:15
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 31, 196913:18

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Tuesday, May 27, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 16, 1969 to the new moon of June 14, 1969, a cycle of 29.61 days.