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The Moon on Tuesday, May 28, 2024: Waning Gibbous, 74% lit

Waning · 74.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on May 28, 2024Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 28 May 2024375,024 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 28, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 74.2% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

74.2%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
375,024 km233,029 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 2024 is on Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 13:53 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 12:38 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 23, 202413:53
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 30, 202417:13

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Tuesday, May 28, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 8, 2024 to the new moon of June 6, 2024, a cycle of 29.39 days.