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The Moon on Monday, May 27, 1991: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on May 27, 1991Waxing Gibbous

Monday 27 May 1991401,370 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 27, 1991, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
401,370 km249,399 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (25°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1991 is on Tuesday, May 28, 1991 at 11:37 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 14, 1991 at 04:36 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 20, 199119:46
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 28, 199111:37

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Monday, May 27, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 14, 1991 to the new moon of June 12, 1991, a cycle of 29.31 days.