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The Moon on Saturday, July 28, 1928: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 83.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 17°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on July 28, 1928Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 28 July 1928402,122 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 28, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.8% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
402,122 km249,867 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (18°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 28, 1928 is on Wednesday, August 1, 1928 at 15:31 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 17, 1928 at 04:35 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 24, 192814:38
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, August 1, 192815:31

The Moon around July 28

More about this date

Saturday, July 28, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 17, 1928 to the new moon of August 15, 1928, a cycle of 29.38 days.