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The Moon on Tuesday, May 27, 2014: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on May 27, 2014Waning Crescent

Tuesday 27 May 2014388,255 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 27, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
388,255 km241,250 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 2014 is on Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at 19:16 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at 18:40 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 21, 201412:59
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 28, 201418:40

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Tuesday, May 27, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 2014 to the new moon of May 28, 2014, a cycle of 29.52 days.