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The Moon on Thursday, May 28, 1987: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on May 28, 1987Waxing Crescent

Thursday 28 May 1987401,223 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 28, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
401,223 km249,309 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (16°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1987 is on Thursday, June 11, 1987 at 20:49 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 27, 1987 at 15:14 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 27, 198715:14
First Quarter (after)Thursday, June 4, 198718:53

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Thursday, May 28, 1987 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 27, 1987 to the new moon of June 26, 1987, a cycle of 29.60 days.