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The Moon on Tuesday, May 27, 2042: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 57.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 14°

Moon age

8.0days

Moon phase on May 27, 2042Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 27 May 2042402,750 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 27, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 57.2% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
402,750 km250,257 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 2042 is on Tuesday, June 3, 2042 at 20:48 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 19, 2042 at 10:55 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 26, 204218:18
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, June 3, 204220:48

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Tuesday, May 27, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 19, 2042 to the new moon of June 17, 2042, a cycle of 29.37 days.