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The Moon on Saturday, May 27, 2000: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 40.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on May 27, 2000Waning Crescent

Saturday 27 May 2000390,274 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 27, 2000, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 40.1% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
390,274 km242,505 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (18°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 2000 is on Thursday, May 18, 2000 at 07:35 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 2, 2000 at 12:14 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 26, 200011:55
New Moon (after)Friday, June 2, 200012:14

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Saturday, May 27, 2000 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 2000 to the new moon of June 2, 2000, a cycle of 29.33 days.