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The Moon on Sunday, May 28, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 14°

Moon age

13.8days

Moon phase on May 28, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 28 May 1961377,872 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 28, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.2% of its visible face lit, 13.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.2%Illumination at noon UTC
13.8 dMoon age
377,872 km234,799 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (15°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1961 is on Tuesday, May 30, 1961 at 04:37 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 14, 1961 at 16:54 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 22, 196116:19
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 30, 196104:37

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Sunday, May 28, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 14, 1961 to the new moon of June 13, 1961, a cycle of 29.52 days.