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The Moon on Saturday, May 26, 1900: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 06°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on May 26, 1900Waning Crescent

Saturday 26 May 1900368,999 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 26, 1900, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.9% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
368,999 km229,285 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1900 is on Monday, May 14, 1900 at 15:37 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 28, 1900 at 14:50 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, May 21, 190020:31
New Moon (after)Monday, May 28, 190014:50

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Saturday, May 26, 1900 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 1900 to the new moon of May 28, 1900, a cycle of 29.39 days.