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The Moon on Wednesday, May 28, 2008: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 46.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 12°

Last Quarter at

02:57UTC

Moon phase on May 28, 2008Last Quarter

Wednesday 28 May 2008382,568 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 28, 2008, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.1% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
382,568 km237,716 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (12°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 2008 is on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 02:12 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 19:23 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, May 20, 200802:12
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, May 28, 200802:57
New Moon (after)Tuesday, June 3, 200819:23

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Wednesday, May 28, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 5, 2008 to the new moon of June 3, 2008, a cycle of 29.29 days.