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The Moon on Monday, May 21, 1928: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on May 21, 1928Waxing Crescent

Monday 21 May 1928362,214 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 21, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.7% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
362,214 km225,069 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 1928 is on Sunday, June 3, 1928 at 12:14 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 19, 1928 at 13:14 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, May 19, 192813:14
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 26, 192809:12

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Monday, May 21, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 19, 1928 to the new moon of June 17, 1928, a cycle of 29.31 days.