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The Moon on Sunday, May 27, 2001: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 23.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 04°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on May 27, 2001Waxing Crescent

Sunday 27 May 2001368,042 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 27, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.5% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
368,042 km228,690 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (4°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 2001 is on Wednesday, June 6, 2001 at 01:39 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 23, 2001 at 02:46 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 23, 200102:46
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 29, 200122:09

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Sunday, May 27, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 23, 2001 to the new moon of June 21, 2001, a cycle of 29.38 days.