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The Moon on Wednesday, May 28, 2014: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

New Moon at

18:40UTC

Moon phase on May 28, 2014New Moon

Wednesday 28 May 2014391,781 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 28, 2014, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.2 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.2 dMoon age
391,781 km243,441 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (4°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 2014 is on Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at 19:16 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at 18:40 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 21, 201412:59
New Moon (this day)Wednesday, May 28, 201418:40
First Quarter (after)Thursday, June 5, 201420:39

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Wednesday, May 28, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 2014 to the new moon of May 28, 2014, a cycle of 29.52 days.