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The Moon on Monday, May 28, 1956: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 86.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 19°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on May 28, 1956Waning Gibbous

Monday 28 May 1956405,249 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 28, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.8% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
405,249 km251,810 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (20°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1956 is on Thursday, May 24, 1956 at 15:26 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 8, 1956 at 21:29 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 24, 195615:26
Last Quarter (after)Friday, June 1, 195619:13

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Monday, May 28, 1956 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 10, 1956 to the new moon of June 8, 1956, a cycle of 29.35 days.