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The Moon on Friday, May 28, 2004: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 62.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 21°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on May 28, 2004Waxing Gibbous

Friday 28 May 2004383,562 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 28, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 62.2% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

62.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
383,562 km238,334 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (21°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 2004 is on Thursday, June 3, 2004 at 04:20 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 19, 2004 at 04:52 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, May 27, 200407:57
Full Moon (after)Thursday, June 3, 200404:20

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Friday, May 28, 2004 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 19, 2004 to the new moon of June 17, 2004, a cycle of 29.65 days.