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The Moon on Friday, May 27, 2005: Waning Gibbous, 82% lit

Waning · 82.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

19.1days

Moon phase on May 27, 2005Waning Gibbous

Friday 27 May 2005364,911 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 27, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 82.1% of its visible face lit, 19.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

82.1%Illumination at noon UTC
19.1 dMoon age
364,911 km226,745 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 2005 is on Monday, May 23, 2005 at 20:18 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 6, 2005 at 21:55 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 23, 200520:18
Last Quarter (after)Monday, May 30, 200511:47

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Friday, May 27, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 8, 2005 to the new moon of June 6, 2005, a cycle of 29.55 days.