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The Moon on Monday, May 27, 2019: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 42.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 14°

Moon age

22.6days

Moon phase on May 27, 2019Waning Crescent

Monday 27 May 2019403,558 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 27, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.5% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
403,558 km250,759 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (15°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 2019 is on Saturday, May 18, 2019 at 21:11 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 3, 2019 at 10:02 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 26, 201916:34
New Moon (after)Monday, June 3, 201910:02

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Monday, May 27, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 2019 to the new moon of June 3, 2019, a cycle of 29.47 days.