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The Moon on Monday, May 28, 1962: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 30.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 29°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on May 28, 1962Waning Crescent

Monday 28 May 1962368,192 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 28, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.9% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
368,192 km228,784 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (29°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1962 is on Saturday, May 19, 1962 at 14:32 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 2, 1962 at 13:27 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 26, 196219:05
New Moon (after)Saturday, June 2, 196213:27

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Monday, May 28, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 1962 to the new moon of June 2, 1962, a cycle of 29.38 days.