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The Moon on Friday, May 28, 2021: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 93.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on May 28, 2021Waning Gibbous

Friday 28 May 2021362,788 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 28, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.9% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.9%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
362,788 km225,426 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 2021 is on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 11:14 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 10:53 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, May 26, 202111:14
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 2, 202107:25

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Friday, May 28, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 2021 to the new moon of June 10, 2021, a cycle of 29.66 days.