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The Moon on Saturday, April 28, 1928: Waxing Gibbous, 66% lit

Waxing · 66.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

Moon age

8.3days

Moon phase on April 28, 1928Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 28 April 1928390,760 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 28, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 66.5% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

66.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
390,760 km242,807 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 1928 is on Friday, May 4, 1928 at 20:12 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 20, 1928 at 05:25 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, April 26, 192821:42
Full Moon (after)Friday, May 4, 192820:12

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Saturday, April 28, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 20, 1928 to the new moon of May 19, 1928, a cycle of 29.33 days.