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The Moon on Tuesday, May 28, 2002: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 95.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 02°

Moon age

16.1days

Moon phase on May 28, 2002Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 28 May 2002379,059 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 28, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.0% of its visible face lit, 16.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.0%Illumination at noon UTC
16.1 dMoon age
379,059 km235,536 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 2002 is on Sunday, May 26, 2002 at 11:51 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 10, 2002 at 23:47 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, May 26, 200211:51
Last Quarter (after)Monday, June 3, 200200:05

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Tuesday, May 28, 2002 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 12, 2002 to the new moon of June 10, 2002, a cycle of 29.54 days.