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The Moon on Tuesday, May 29, 1928: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 13°

Moon age

9.9days

Moon phase on May 29, 1928Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 29 May 1928402,593 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 29, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.0% of its visible face lit, 9.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.9 dMoon age
402,593 km250,159 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 1928 is on Sunday, June 3, 1928 at 12:14 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 19, 1928 at 13:14 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 26, 192809:12
Full Moon (after)Sunday, June 3, 192812:14

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Tuesday, May 29, 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.