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The Moon on Tuesday, May 15, 1928: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 22.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on May 15, 1928Waning Crescent

Tuesday 15 May 1928369,153 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 15, 1928, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.6% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
369,153 km229,381 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1928 is on Friday, May 4, 1928 at 20:12 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 19, 1928 at 13:14 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 12, 192820:50
New Moon (after)Saturday, May 19, 192813:14

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Tuesday, May 15, 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.