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The Moon on Monday, May 28, 2001: Waxing Crescent, 34% lit

Waxing · 34.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 18°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on May 28, 2001Waxing Crescent

Monday 28 May 2001368,586 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 28, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 34.0% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
368,586 km229,029 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (18°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 2001 is on Wednesday, June 6, 2001 at 01:39 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 23, 2001 at 02:46 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 23, 200102:46
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 29, 200122:09

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Monday, May 28, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 23, 2001 to the new moon of June 21, 2001, a cycle of 29.38 days.