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The Moon on Wednesday, May 28, 1941: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on May 28, 1941Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 28 May 1941398,801 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 28, 1941, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.1% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
398,801 km247,803 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (2°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1941 is on Monday, June 9, 1941 at 12:34 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 26, 1941 at 05:19 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 26, 194105:19
First Quarter (after)Monday, June 2, 194121:56

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Wednesday, May 28, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 26, 1941 to the new moon of June 24, 1941, a cycle of 29.59 days.