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The Moon on Tuesday, May 28, 1901: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 79.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on May 28, 1901Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 28 May 1901404,853 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 28, 1901, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.6% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
404,853 km251,564 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1901 is on Sunday, June 2, 1901 at 09:53 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 18, 1901 at 05:38 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 25, 190105:40
Full Moon (after)Sunday, June 2, 190109:53

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Tuesday, May 28, 1901 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 1901 to the new moon of June 16, 1901, a cycle of 29.33 days.