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The Moon on Saturday, May 26, 1906: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 9.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

3.2days

Moon phase on May 26, 1906Waxing Crescent

Saturday 26 May 1906401,605 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 26, 1906, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.0% of its visible face lit, 3.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.2 dMoon age
401,605 km249,545 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1906 is on Wednesday, June 6, 1906 at 21:12 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 23, 1906 at 08:01 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 23, 190608:01
First Quarter (after)Thursday, May 31, 190606:23

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Saturday, May 26, 1906 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 23, 1906 to the new moon of June 21, 1906, a cycle of 29.63 days.