Waning · 8.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 02°
Moon age
26.6days
Moon phase on May 27, 2022Waning Crescent
On Friday, May 27, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.3% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
8.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
396,252 km246,219 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 27, 2022 is on Monday, May 16, 2022 at 04:14 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 30, 2022 at 11:31 UTC, 3 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Last Quarter (before) | Sunday, May 22, 2022 | 18:43 |
| New Moon (after) | Monday, May 30, 2022 | 11:31 |
The Moon around May 27
More about this date
Friday, May 27, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 30, 2022 to the new moon of May 30, 2022, a cycle of 29.63 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 2022, or the whole moon calendar 2022.
- The same date one year apart: 2021 · 2023.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.