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The Moon on Friday, May 28, 1965: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 05°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on May 28, 1965Waning Crescent

Friday 28 May 1965375,090 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 28, 1965, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.6% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
375,090 km233,070 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (5°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1965 is on Saturday, May 15, 1965 at 11:52 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 30, 1965 at 21:13 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 23, 196514:40
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 30, 196521:13

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Friday, May 28, 1965 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 1965 to the new moon of May 30, 1965, a cycle of 29.39 days.