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The Moon on Saturday, May 28, 2005: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 72.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 10°

Moon age

20.1days

Moon phase on May 28, 2005Waning Gibbous

Saturday 28 May 2005366,663 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 28, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.3% of its visible face lit, 20.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.3%Illumination at noon UTC
20.1 dMoon age
366,663 km227,833 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (11°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 2005 is on Monday, May 23, 2005 at 20:18 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 6, 2005 at 21:55 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 23, 200520:18
Last Quarter (after)Monday, May 30, 200511:47

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Saturday, May 28, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 8, 2005 to the new moon of June 6, 2005, a cycle of 29.55 days.