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The Moon on Tuesday, May 1, 1928: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on May 1, 1928Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 1 May 1928401,716 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 1, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.0% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
401,716 km249,615 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 1928 is on Friday, May 4, 1928 at 20:12 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 20, 1928 at 05:25 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Tuesday, May 1, 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.