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The Moon on Wednesday, May 28, 1975: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 16°

Moon age

17.2days

Moon phase on May 28, 1975Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 28 May 1975391,766 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 28, 1975, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.4% of its visible face lit, 17.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.2 dMoon age
391,766 km243,432 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (16°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1975 is on Sunday, May 25, 1975 at 05:51 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 9, 1975 at 18:49 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, May 25, 197505:51
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, June 1, 197523:23

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Wednesday, May 28, 1975 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 1975 to the new moon of June 9, 1975, a cycle of 29.49 days.