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The Moon on Thursday, May 27, 2027: Waning Gibbous, 60% lit

Waning · 60.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on May 27, 2027Waning Gibbous

Thursday 27 May 2027402,752 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 27, 2027, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 60.5% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
402,752 km250,259 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 2027 is on Thursday, May 20, 2027 at 10:59 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 4, 2027 at 19:40 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 20, 202710:59
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 28, 202713:58

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Thursday, May 27, 2027 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 2027 to the new moon of June 4, 2027, a cycle of 29.36 days.