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The Moon on Sunday, May 27, 1984: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 10.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 28°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on May 27, 1984Waning Crescent

Sunday 27 May 1984397,821 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 27, 1984, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.5% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
397,821 km247,195 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (29°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1984 is on Tuesday, May 15, 1984 at 04:29 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 30, 1984 at 16:48 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 22, 198417:45
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 30, 198416:48

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Sunday, May 27, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 1984 to the new moon of May 30, 1984, a cycle of 29.54 days.