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The Moon on Saturday, May 28, 1983: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Moon age

15.7days

Moon phase on May 28, 1983Waning Gibbous

Saturday 28 May 1983397,802 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 28, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.1% of its visible face lit, 15.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.1%Illumination at noon UTC
15.7 dMoon age
397,802 km247,182 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (26°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1983 is on Thursday, May 26, 1983 at 18:48 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 11, 1983 at 04:38 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 26, 198318:48
Last Quarter (after)Friday, June 3, 198321:08

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Saturday, May 28, 1983 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 12, 1983 to the new moon of June 11, 1983, a cycle of 29.38 days.