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The Moon on Wednesday, May 27, 1981: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 43.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 13°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on May 27, 1981Waning Crescent

Wednesday 27 May 1981376,486 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 27, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.3% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
376,486 km233,938 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (14°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1981 is on Tuesday, May 19, 1981 at 00:04 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 2, 1981 at 11:32 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 26, 198121:00
New Moon (after)Tuesday, June 2, 198111:32

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Wednesday, May 27, 1981 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 1981 to the new moon of June 2, 1981, a cycle of 29.30 days.