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The Moon on Tuesday, May 28, 1957: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on May 28, 1957Waning Crescent

Tuesday 28 May 1957382,088 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 28, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.2% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
382,088 km237,418 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (25°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1957 is on Monday, May 13, 1957 at 22:34 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 29, 1957 at 11:39 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 21, 195717:03
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 29, 195711:39

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Tuesday, May 28, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 1957 to the new moon of May 29, 1957, a cycle of 29.49 days.