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The Moon on Friday, May 27, 2016: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 71.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 11°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on May 27, 2016Waning Gibbous

Friday 27 May 2016384,474 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 27, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.2% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.2%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
384,474 km238,901 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (12°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 2016 is on Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 21:15 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 03:00 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 21, 201621:15
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 29, 201612:12

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Friday, May 27, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 2016 to the new moon of June 5, 2016, a cycle of 29.31 days.