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The Moon on Friday, May 28, 1982: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 35.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on May 28, 1982Waxing Crescent

Friday 28 May 1982372,782 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 28, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.5% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
372,782 km231,636 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (20°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1982 is on Sunday, June 6, 1982 at 16:00 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 23, 1982 at 04:40 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 23, 198204:40
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 29, 198220:07

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Friday, May 28, 1982 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 23, 1982 to the new moon of June 21, 1982, a cycle of 29.30 days.