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The Moon on Sunday, May 28, 1950: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 86.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Moon age

11.5days

Moon phase on May 28, 1950Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 28 May 1950362,344 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 28, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.7% of its visible face lit, 11.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.5 dMoon age
362,344 km225,150 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1950 is on Wednesday, May 31, 1950 at 12:43 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 17, 1950 at 00:55 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 24, 195021:28
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 31, 195012:43

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Sunday, May 28, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 17, 1950 to the new moon of June 15, 1950, a cycle of 29.62 days.