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The Moon on Friday, May 28, 1971: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 18.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on May 28, 1971Waxing Crescent

Friday 28 May 1971389,297 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 28, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.1% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
389,297 km241,898 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1971 is on Wednesday, June 9, 1971 at 00:04 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 24, 1971 at 12:32 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 24, 197112:32
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 1, 197100:42

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Friday, May 28, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 24, 1971 to the new moon of June 22, 1971, a cycle of 29.39 days.