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The Moon on Tuesday, May 27, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 56.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 29°

Moon age

22.0days

Moon phase on May 27, 2008Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 27 May 2008388,158 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 27, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.6% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
388,158 km241,190 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (29°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 2008 is on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 02:12 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 19:23 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, May 20, 200802:12
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 28, 200802:57

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Tuesday, May 27, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 5, 2008 to the new moon of June 3, 2008, a cycle of 29.29 days.