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The Moon on Sunday, May 28, 1916: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 10.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 28°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on May 28, 1916Waning Crescent

Sunday 28 May 1916392,997 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 28, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.7% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
392,997 km244,197 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (29°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1916 is on Wednesday, May 17, 1916 at 14:11 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 31, 1916 at 19:37 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 24, 191605:16
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 31, 191619:37

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Sunday, May 28, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 1916 to the new moon of May 31, 1916, a cycle of 29.59 days.