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The Moon on Tuesday, May 28, 2013: Waning Gibbous, 84% lit

Waning · 84.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

18.5days

Moon phase on May 28, 2013Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 28 May 2013363,396 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 28, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 84.2% of its visible face lit, 18.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

84.2%Illumination at noon UTC
18.5 dMoon age
363,396 km225,804 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 2013 is on Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 04:25 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 8, 2013 at 15:57 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 25, 201304:25
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 31, 201318:58

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Tuesday, May 28, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 10, 2013 to the new moon of June 8, 2013, a cycle of 29.64 days.