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The Moon on Friday, May 28, 1976: Waning Crescent, 0% lit

Waning · 0.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

29.1days

Moon phase on May 28, 1976Waning Crescent

Friday 28 May 1976400,608 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 28, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.1 dMoon age
400,608 km248,926 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1976 is on Thursday, May 13, 1976 at 20:04 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 29, 1976 at 01:47 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 20, 197621:22
New Moon (after)Saturday, May 29, 197601:47

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Friday, May 28, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 1976 to the new moon of May 29, 1976, a cycle of 29.64 days.