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The Moon on Friday, May 28, 1943: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 29.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 00°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on May 28, 1943Waning Crescent

Friday 28 May 1943378,849 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 28, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.3% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
378,849 km235,406 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (1°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1943 is on Wednesday, May 19, 1943 at 21:13 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 2, 1943 at 22:33 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 26, 194313:34
New Moon (after)Wednesday, June 2, 194322:33

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Friday, May 28, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 1943 to the new moon of June 2, 1943, a cycle of 29.53 days.