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The Moon on Wednesday, May 28, 1997: Waning Gibbous, 60% lit

Waning · 59.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

21.6days

Moon phase on May 28, 1997Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 28 May 1997369,938 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 28, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 59.6% of its visible face lit, 21.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

59.6%Illumination at noon UTC
21.6 dMoon age
369,938 km229,869 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1997 is on Thursday, May 22, 1997 at 09:13 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 5, 1997 at 07:04 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 22, 199709:13
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 29, 199707:51

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Wednesday, May 28, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 1997 to the new moon of June 5, 1997, a cycle of 29.43 days.