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The Moon on Sunday, May 27, 1979: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

1.5days

Moon phase on May 27, 1979Waxing Crescent

Sunday 27 May 1979390,955 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 27, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.7% of its visible face lit, 1.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.5 dMoon age
390,955 km242,928 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1979 is on Sunday, June 10, 1979 at 11:55 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 26, 1979 at 00:01 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, May 26, 197900:01
First Quarter (after)Saturday, June 2, 197922:38

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Sunday, May 27, 1979 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 26, 1979 to the new moon of June 24, 1979, a cycle of 29.50 days.