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The Moon on Friday, May 27, 1977: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 64.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on May 27, 1977Waxing Gibbous

Friday 27 May 1977377,117 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 27, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.6% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
377,117 km234,330 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1977 is on Wednesday, June 1, 1977 at 20:31 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 18, 1977 at 02:52 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, May 26, 197703:20
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, June 1, 197720:31

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Friday, May 27, 1977 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 1977 to the new moon of June 16, 1977, a cycle of 29.65 days.