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The Moon on Saturday, May 27, 1995: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

27.8days

Moon phase on May 27, 1995Waning Crescent

Saturday 27 May 1995403,849 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 27, 1995, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.2% of its visible face lit, 27.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.8 dMoon age
403,849 km250,940 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (15°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1995 is on Sunday, May 14, 1995 at 20:48 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 29, 1995 at 09:27 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 21, 199511:36
New Moon (after)Monday, May 29, 199509:27

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Saturday, May 27, 1995 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 1995 to the new moon of May 29, 1995, a cycle of 29.66 days.