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The Moon on Saturday, May 28, 1960: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on May 28, 1960Waxing Crescent

Saturday 28 May 1960406,173 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 28, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.1% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
406,173 km252,384 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (10°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1960 is on Thursday, June 9, 1960 at 13:02 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 25, 1960 at 12:26 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 25, 196012:26
First Quarter (after)Thursday, June 2, 196016:01

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Saturday, May 28, 1960 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 25, 1960 to the new moon of June 24, 1960, a cycle of 29.63 days.