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The Moon on Tuesday, May 28, 1996: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 77.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on May 28, 1996Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 28 May 1996385,895 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 28, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.7% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
385,895 km239,784 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1996 is on Saturday, June 1, 1996 at 20:47 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 17, 1996 at 11:46 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 25, 199614:13
Full Moon (after)Saturday, June 1, 199620:47

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Tuesday, May 28, 1996 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 17, 1996 to the new moon of June 16, 1996, a cycle of 29.58 days.