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The Moon on Thursday, May 28, 1970: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 43.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 14°

Moon age

22.9days

Moon phase on May 28, 1970Waning Crescent

Thursday 28 May 1970371,412 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 28, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.7% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.7%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
371,412 km230,785 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (14°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1970 is on Thursday, May 21, 1970 at 03:38 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 4, 1970 at 02:21 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 27, 197022:32
New Moon (after)Thursday, June 4, 197002:21

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Thursday, May 28, 1970 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 5, 1970 to the new moon of June 4, 1970, a cycle of 29.48 days.