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The Moon on Tuesday, May 27, 1975: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

16.2days

Moon phase on May 27, 1975Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 27 May 1975387,077 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 27, 1975, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.1% of its visible face lit, 16.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.2 dMoon age
387,077 km240,518 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1975 is on Sunday, May 25, 1975 at 05:51 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 9, 1975 at 18:49 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, May 25, 197505:51
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, June 1, 197523:23

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Tuesday, May 27, 1975 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 1975 to the new moon of June 9, 1975, a cycle of 29.49 days.