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The Moon on Thursday, May 28, 2020: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 32.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 16°

Moon age

5.8days

Moon phase on May 28, 2020Waxing Crescent

Thursday 28 May 2020377,913 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 28, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.1% of its visible face lit, 5.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.8 dMoon age
377,913 km234,824 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (16°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 2020 is on Friday, June 5, 2020 at 19:12 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 22, 2020 at 17:39 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 22, 202017:39
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 30, 202003:30

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Thursday, May 28, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 22, 2020 to the new moon of June 21, 2020, a cycle of 29.54 days.