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The Moon on Monday, May 28, 2018: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on May 28, 2018Waxing Gibbous

Monday 28 May 2018395,629 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 28, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
395,629 km245,833 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (25°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 2018 is on Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 14:20 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 11:48 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 22, 201803:49
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 29, 201814:20

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Monday, May 28, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 15, 2018 to the new moon of June 13, 2018, a cycle of 29.33 days.