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The Moon on Wednesday, May 27, 2026: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 86.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on May 27, 2026Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 27 May 2026399,016 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 27, 2026, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.7% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
399,016 km247,937 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 2026 is on Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 08:45 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 20:01 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 23, 202611:11
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 31, 202608:45

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Wednesday, May 27, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 16, 2026 to the new moon of June 15, 2026, a cycle of 29.29 days.