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The Moon on Tuesday, May 28, 2019: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 33.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 26°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on May 28, 2019Waning Crescent

Tuesday 28 May 2019401,747 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 28, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.2% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
401,747 km249,634 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (27°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 2019 is on Saturday, May 18, 2019 at 21:11 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 3, 2019 at 10:02 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 26, 201916:34
New Moon (after)Monday, June 3, 201910:02

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Tuesday, May 28, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 2019 to the new moon of June 3, 2019, a cycle of 29.47 days.