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The Moon on Thursday, May 28, 1992: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 15.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°

Moon age

25.8days

Moon phase on May 28, 1992Waning Crescent

Thursday 28 May 1992388,231 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 28, 1992, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.6% of its visible face lit, 25.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.8 dMoon age
388,231 km241,236 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1992 is on Saturday, May 16, 1992 at 16:03 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 1, 1992 at 03:57 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 24, 199215:54
New Moon (after)Monday, June 1, 199203:57

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Thursday, May 28, 1992 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 1992 to the new moon of June 1, 1992, a cycle of 29.43 days.