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The Moon on Friday, May 28, 1999: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on May 28, 1999Waxing Gibbous

Friday 28 May 1999406,135 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 28, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.0% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.0%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
406,135 km252,361 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (17°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1999 is on Sunday, May 30, 1999 at 06:40 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 15, 1999 at 12:05 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 22, 199905:34
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 30, 199906:40

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Friday, May 28, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 15, 1999 to the new moon of June 13, 1999, a cycle of 29.29 days.