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The Moon on Wednesday, May 28, 1919: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on May 28, 1919Waning Crescent

Wednesday 28 May 1919358,495 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 28, 1919, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
358,495 km222,758 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1919 is on Thursday, May 15, 1919 at 01:01 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 29, 1919 at 13:12 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 22, 191922:04
New Moon (after)Thursday, May 29, 191913:12

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Wednesday, May 28, 1919 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 30, 1919 to the new moon of May 29, 1919, a cycle of 29.32 days.