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The Moon on Monday, May 28, 1945: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 23°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on May 28, 1945Waning Gibbous

Monday 28 May 1945395,009 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 28, 1945, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.0% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.0%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
395,009 km245,447 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (23°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1945 is on Sunday, May 27, 1945 at 01:49 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 10, 1945 at 04:26 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, May 27, 194501:49
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, June 3, 194513:15

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Monday, May 28, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 1945 to the new moon of June 10, 1945, a cycle of 29.34 days.