Waxing · 94.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°
Moon age
13.0days
Moon phase on May 27, 1980Waxing Gibbous
On Tuesday, May 27, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.2% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
94.2%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
400,293 km248,730 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 27, 1980 is on Thursday, May 29, 1980 at 21:28 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 14, 1980 at 12:00 UTC, 13 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Wednesday, May 21, 1980 | 19:16 |
| Full Moon (after) | Thursday, May 29, 1980 | 21:28 |
The Moon around May 27
More about this date
Tuesday, May 27, 1980 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 14, 1980 to the new moon of June 12, 1980, a cycle of 29.36 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 1980, or the whole moon calendar 1980.
- The same date one year apart: 1979 · 1981.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.