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The Moon on Friday, May 28, 1926: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 19°

Moon age

16.5days

Moon phase on May 28, 1926Waning Gibbous

Friday 28 May 1926374,587 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 28, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 16.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
16.5 dMoon age
374,587 km232,758 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (19°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1926 is on Thursday, May 27, 1926 at 11:49 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 10, 1926 at 10:08 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 27, 192611:49
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, June 3, 192608:09

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Friday, May 28, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 1926 to the new moon of June 10, 1926, a cycle of 29.47 days.