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The Moon on Friday, May 27, 2072: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 77.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

9.5days

Moon phase on May 27, 2072Waxing Gibbous

Friday 27 May 2072372,777 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 27, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 77.9% of its visible face lit, 9.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.5 dMoon age
372,777 km231,633 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 2072 is on Tuesday, May 31, 2072 at 22:18 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 18, 2072 at 00:18 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 24, 207221:53
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 31, 207222:18

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Friday, May 27, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 2072 to the new moon of June 16, 2072, a cycle of 29.40 days.