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The Moon on Sunday, May 28, 1978: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 57.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

21.3days

Moon phase on May 28, 1978Waning Gibbous

Sunday 28 May 1978372,504 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 28, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 57.3% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.3%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
372,504 km231,463 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1978 is on Monday, May 22, 1978 at 13:17 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 5, 1978 at 19:02 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 22, 197813:17
Last Quarter (after)Monday, May 29, 197803:30

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Sunday, May 28, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 1978 to the new moon of June 5, 1978, a cycle of 29.59 days.