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The Moon on Saturday, May 28, 1938: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on May 28, 1938Waning Crescent

Saturday 28 May 1938363,469 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 28, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
363,469 km225,849 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1938 is on Saturday, May 14, 1938 at 08:39 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 29, 1938 at 14:00 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 22, 193812:36
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 29, 193814:00

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Saturday, May 28, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 30, 1938 to the new moon of May 29, 1938, a cycle of 29.36 days.