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The Moon on Thursday, May 28, 1981: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 32.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on May 28, 1981Waning Crescent

Thursday 28 May 1981371,171 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 28, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.4% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
371,171 km230,635 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1981 is on Tuesday, May 19, 1981 at 00:04 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 2, 1981 at 11:32 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 26, 198121:00
New Moon (after)Tuesday, June 2, 198111:32

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Thursday, May 28, 1981 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 1981 to the new moon of June 2, 1981, a cycle of 29.30 days.