Skip to content
The Moon on Thursday, May 24, 1928: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 30.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 10°

Moon age

4.9days

Moon phase on May 24, 1928Waxing Crescent

Thursday 24 May 1928378,716 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 24, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.7% of its visible face lit, 4.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.9 dMoon age
378,716 km235,323 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (10°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1928 is on Sunday, June 3, 1928 at 12:14 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 19, 1928 at 13:14 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Thursday, May 24, 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.