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The Moon on Tuesday, May 28, 1940: Waning Gibbous, 55% lit

Waning · 55.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on May 28, 1940Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 28 May 1940401,406 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 28, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 55.2% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

55.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
401,406 km249,422 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (1°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1940 is on Tuesday, May 21, 1940 at 13:33 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 6, 1940 at 01:05 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, May 21, 194013:33
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 29, 194000:40

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Tuesday, May 28, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 1940 to the new moon of June 6, 1940, a cycle of 29.54 days.