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The Moon on Sunday, May 27, 1973: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 28.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 02°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on May 27, 1973Waning Crescent

Sunday 27 May 1973377,718 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 27, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.2% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
377,718 km234,703 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (2°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1973 is on Thursday, May 17, 1973 at 04:58 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 1, 1973 at 04:34 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 25, 197308:40
New Moon (after)Friday, June 1, 197304:34

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Sunday, May 27, 1973 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 1973 to the new moon of June 1, 1973, a cycle of 29.32 days.