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The Moon on Sunday, May 28, 2056: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 29°

Moon age

13.8days

Moon phase on May 28, 2056Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 28 May 2056359,086 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 28, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 13.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.8 dMoon age
359,086 km223,126 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (30°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 2056 is on Monday, May 29, 2056 at 01:58 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 14, 2056 at 16:06 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 22, 205611:50
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 29, 205601:58

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Sunday, May 28, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 14, 2056 to the new moon of June 13, 2056, a cycle of 29.62 days.