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The Moon on Saturday, May 28, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 63% lit

Waxing · 63.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 21°

Moon age

8.1days

Moon phase on May 28, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 28 May 1966369,924 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 28, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 63.0% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

63.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
369,924 km229,860 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1966 is on Friday, June 3, 1966 at 07:40 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 20, 1966 at 09:42 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, May 27, 196608:50
Full Moon (after)Friday, June 3, 196607:40

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Saturday, May 28, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 20, 1966 to the new moon of June 18, 1966, a cycle of 29.44 days.