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The Moon on Saturday, May 27, 1989: Waning Gibbous, 58% lit

Waning · 57.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 27°

Moon age

22.0days

Moon phase on May 27, 1989Waning Gibbous

Saturday 27 May 1989374,683 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 27, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 57.6% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
374,683 km232,817 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1989 is on Saturday, May 20, 1989 at 18:16 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 3, 1989 at 19:53 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 20, 198918:16
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 28, 198904:01

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Saturday, May 27, 1989 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 5, 1989 to the new moon of June 3, 1989, a cycle of 29.34 days.