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The Moon on Sunday, May 27, 2018: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 11°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on May 27, 2018Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 27 May 2018392,435 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 27, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.4% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
392,435 km243,848 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (12°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 2018 is on Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 14:20 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 11:48 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 22, 201803:49
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 29, 201814:20

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Sunday, May 27, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 15, 2018 to the new moon of June 13, 2018, a cycle of 29.33 days.