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The Moon on Wednesday, March 28, 1928: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

First Quarter at

11:54UTC

Moon phase on March 28, 1928First Quarter

Wednesday 28 March 1928376,133 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 28, 1928, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.2% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
376,133 km233,718 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 28, 1928 is on Thursday, April 5, 1928 at 03:38 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 21, 1928 at 20:29 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, March 21, 192820:29
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, March 28, 192811:54
Full Moon (after)Thursday, April 5, 192803:38

The Moon around March 28

More about this date

Wednesday, March 28, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 21, 1928 to the new moon of April 20, 1928, a cycle of 29.37 days.