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The Moon on Tuesday, May 8, 1928: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 27°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on May 8, 1928Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 8 May 1928402,431 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 8, 1928, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.5% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
402,431 km250,059 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (27°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 1928 is on Friday, May 4, 1928 at 20:12 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 19, 1928 at 13:14 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Tuesday, May 8, 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.