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The Moon on Monday, May 28, 1979: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 6.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°

Moon age

2.5days

Moon phase on May 28, 1979Waxing Crescent

Monday 28 May 1979394,895 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 28, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.8% of its visible face lit, 2.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.5 dMoon age
394,895 km245,377 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1979 is on Sunday, June 10, 1979 at 11:55 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 26, 1979 at 00:01 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, May 26, 197900:01
First Quarter (after)Saturday, June 2, 197922:38

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Monday, May 28, 1979 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 26, 1979 to the new moon of June 24, 1979, a cycle of 29.50 days.