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The Moon on Thursday, May 28, 1931: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 87.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 25°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on May 28, 1931Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 28 May 1931367,878 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 28, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.8% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
367,878 km228,589 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (25°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1931 is on Sunday, May 31, 1931 at 14:33 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 17, 1931 at 15:28 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, May 24, 193119:39
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 31, 193114:33

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Thursday, May 28, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 17, 1931 to the new moon of June 16, 1931, a cycle of 29.48 days.