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The Moon on Thursday, May 28, 2026: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 05°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on May 28, 2026Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 28 May 2026401,825 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 28, 2026, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.5% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
401,825 km249,682 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (6°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 2026 is on Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 08:45 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 20:01 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 23, 202611:11
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 31, 202608:45

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Thursday, May 28, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 16, 2026 to the new moon of June 15, 2026, a cycle of 29.29 days.