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The Moon on Wednesday, May 28, 1986: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 71.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 11°

Moon age

19.6days

Moon phase on May 28, 1986Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 28 May 1986372,616 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 28, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.6% of its visible face lit, 19.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.6 dMoon age
372,616 km231,533 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (11°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1986 is on Friday, May 23, 1986 at 20:45 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 7, 1986 at 14:01 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, May 23, 198620:45
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 30, 198612:55

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Wednesday, May 28, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 8, 1986 to the new moon of June 7, 1986, a cycle of 29.66 days.