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The Moon on Wednesday, May 27, 2071: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on May 27, 2071Waning Crescent

Wednesday 27 May 2071370,601 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 27, 2071, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 5.4% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
370,601 km230,281 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 2071 is on Thursday, May 14, 2071 at 03:24 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 29, 2071 at 11:17 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 22, 207106:19
New Moon (after)Friday, May 29, 207111:17

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Wednesday, May 27, 2071 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 30, 2071 to the new moon of May 29, 2071, a cycle of 29.37 days.