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The Moon on Saturday, May 27, 1978: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 68.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on May 27, 1978Waning Gibbous

Saturday 27 May 1978368,304 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 27, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.4% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
368,304 km228,854 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1978 is on Monday, May 22, 1978 at 13:17 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 5, 1978 at 19:02 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 22, 197813:17
Last Quarter (after)Monday, May 29, 197803:30

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Saturday, May 27, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 1978 to the new moon of June 5, 1978, a cycle of 29.59 days.