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The Moon on Monday, May 28, 1951: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 43.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 14°

Moon age

22.4days

Moon phase on May 28, 1951Waning Crescent

Monday 28 May 1951382,963 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 28, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.1% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
382,963 km237,962 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (14°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1951 is on Monday, May 21, 1951 at 05:45 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 4, 1951 at 16:41 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 27, 195120:17
New Moon (after)Monday, June 4, 195116:41

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Monday, May 28, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 1951 to the new moon of June 4, 1951, a cycle of 29.63 days.