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The Moon on Wednesday, May 28, 2053: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 85.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 22°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on May 28, 2053Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 28 May 2053393,054 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 28, 2053, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 85.5% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
393,054 km244,233 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 2053 is on Sunday, June 1, 2053 at 11:02 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 18, 2053 at 03:43 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 24, 205318:04
Full Moon (after)Sunday, June 1, 205311:02

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Wednesday, May 28, 2053 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 2053 to the new moon of June 16, 2053, a cycle of 29.30 days.