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The Moon on Saturday, May 5, 1928: Waning Gibbous, 100% lit

Waning · 99.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

15.3days

Moon phase on May 5, 1928Waning Gibbous

Saturday 5 May 1928406,238 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 5, 1928, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
406,238 km252,424 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (22°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 1928 is on Friday, May 4, 1928 at 20:12 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 19, 1928 at 13:14 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, May 4, 192820:12
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, May 12, 192820:50

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Saturday, May 5, 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.