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The Moon on Tuesday, August 28, 1928: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on August 28, 1928Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 28 August 1928389,306 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 28, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.2% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
389,306 km241,904 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 1928 is on Friday, August 31, 1928 at 02:34 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 15, 1928 at 13:49 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 23, 192808:21
Full Moon (after)Friday, August 31, 192802:34

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Tuesday, August 28, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 15, 1928 to the new moon of September 14, 1928, a cycle of 29.48 days.