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The Moon on Thursday, May 28, 2015: Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit

Waxing · 75.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on May 28, 2015Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 28 May 2015402,734 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 28, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 75.3% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

75.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
402,734 km250,247 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (7°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 2015 is on Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 16:19 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 18, 2015 at 04:13 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 25, 201517:19
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, June 2, 201516:19

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Thursday, May 28, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 2015 to the new moon of June 16, 2015, a cycle of 29.41 days.