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The Moon on Thursday, May 28, 1964: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 00°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on May 28, 1964Waning Gibbous

Thursday 28 May 1964405,745 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 28, 1964, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.1% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
405,745 km252,118 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (0°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1964 is on Tuesday, May 26, 1964 at 09:29 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 10, 1964 at 04:22 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, May 26, 196409:29
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 3, 196411:07

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Thursday, May 28, 1964 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 1964 to the new moon of June 10, 1964, a cycle of 29.31 days.