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The Moon on Sunday, July 28, 1991: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on July 28, 1991Waning Gibbous

Sunday 28 July 1991400,565 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 28, 1991, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.2% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.2%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
400,565 km248,899 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 28, 1991 is on Friday, July 26, 1991 at 18:25 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 10, 1991 at 02:28 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, July 26, 199118:25
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, August 3, 199111:26

The Moon around July 28

More about this date

Sunday, July 28, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 11, 1991 to the new moon of August 10, 1991, a cycle of 29.31 days.