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The Moon on Thursday, May 28, 2009: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 21.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on May 28, 2009Waxing Crescent

Thursday 28 May 2009365,132 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 28, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.6% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
365,132 km226,883 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 2009 is on Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 18:12 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 12:11 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 24, 200912:11
First Quarter (after)Sunday, May 31, 200903:22

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Thursday, May 28, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 24, 2009 to the new moon of June 22, 2009, a cycle of 29.31 days.