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The Moon on Sunday, May 26, 1901: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 62.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

Moon age

8.3days

Moon phase on May 26, 1901Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 26 May 1901400,136 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 26, 1901, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 62.4% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

62.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
400,136 km248,633 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (19°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1901 is on Sunday, June 2, 1901 at 09:53 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 18, 1901 at 05:38 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 25, 190105:40
Full Moon (after)Sunday, June 2, 190109:53

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Sunday, May 26, 1901 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 1901 to the new moon of June 16, 1901, a cycle of 29.33 days.