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The Moon on Thursday, May 28, 1942: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 11°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on May 28, 1942Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 28 May 1942361,561 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 28, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.4% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
361,561 km224,664 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (12°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1942 is on Saturday, May 30, 1942 at 05:29 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 15, 1942 at 05:45 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 23, 194209:11
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 30, 194205:29

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Thursday, May 28, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 15, 1942 to the new moon of June 13, 1942, a cycle of 29.64 days.