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The Moon on Friday, May 28, 1954: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 18.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 15°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on May 28, 1954Waning Crescent

Friday 28 May 1954364,051 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 28, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.8% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
364,051 km226,211 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (15°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1954 is on Monday, May 17, 1954 at 21:47 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 1, 1954 at 04:03 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 25, 195413:49
New Moon (after)Tuesday, June 1, 195404:03

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Friday, May 28, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 1954 to the new moon of June 1, 1954, a cycle of 29.32 days.