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The Moon on Wednesday, May 27, 1992: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 23.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 08°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on May 27, 1992Waning Crescent

Wednesday 27 May 1992393,230 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 27, 1992, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 23.7% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
393,230 km244,342 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (8°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1992 is on Saturday, May 16, 1992 at 16:03 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 1, 1992 at 03:57 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 24, 199215:54
New Moon (after)Monday, June 1, 199203:57

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Wednesday, May 27, 1992 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 1992 to the new moon of June 1, 1992, a cycle of 29.43 days.