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The Moon on Wednesday, May 27, 2015: Waxing Gibbous, 67% lit

Waxing · 66.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on May 27, 2015Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 27 May 2015404,027 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 27, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 66.7% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

66.7%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
404,027 km251,050 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 2015 is on Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 16:19 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 18, 2015 at 04:13 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 25, 201517:19
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, June 2, 201516:19

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Wednesday, May 27, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 2015 to the new moon of June 16, 2015, a cycle of 29.41 days.