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The Moon on Thursday, May 28, 1959: Waning Gibbous, 59% lit

Waning · 58.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on May 28, 1959Waning Gibbous

Thursday 28 May 1959384,976 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 28, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 58.8% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

58.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
384,976 km239,213 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1959 is on Friday, May 22, 1959 at 12:56 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 6, 1959 at 11:54 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, May 22, 195912:56
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 29, 195908:14

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Thursday, May 28, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 1959 to the new moon of June 6, 1959, a cycle of 29.65 days.