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The Moon on Sunday, May 27, 2012: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 36.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Moon age

6.5days

Moon phase on May 27, 2012Waxing Crescent

Sunday 27 May 2012386,714 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 27, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.0% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
386,714 km240,293 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (20°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 2012 is on Monday, June 4, 2012 at 11:12 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 23:47 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 20, 201223:47
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 28, 201220:16

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Sunday, May 27, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 20, 2012 to the new moon of June 19, 2012, a cycle of 29.64 days.