Waning · 99.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 10°
Full Moon at
04:28UTC
Moon phase on May 28, 1972Full Moon
On Sunday, May 28, 1972, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
403,130 km250,493 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (11°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Flower Moon, 403,711 km from Earth. Micromoon
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 28, 1972 is on Sunday, May 28, 1972 at 04:28 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 11, 1972 at 11:30 UTC, 14 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Saturday, May 20, 1972 | 01:17 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Sunday, May 28, 1972 | 04:28 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Sunday, June 4, 1972 | 21:22 |
The Moon around May 28
More about this date
Sunday, May 28, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 13, 1972 to the new moon of June 11, 1972, a cycle of 29.31 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 1972, or the whole moon calendar 1972.
- The same date one year apart: 1971 · 1973.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.