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The Moon on Saturday, May 28, 2022: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on May 28, 2022Waning Crescent

Saturday 28 May 2022399,267 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 28, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.7% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
399,267 km248,093 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (15°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 2022 is on Monday, May 16, 2022 at 04:14 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 30, 2022 at 11:31 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 22, 202218:43
New Moon (after)Monday, May 30, 202211:31

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Saturday, May 28, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 30, 2022 to the new moon of May 30, 2022, a cycle of 29.63 days.