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The Moon on Wednesday, May 26, 1909: Waxing Crescent, 45% lit

Waxing · 44.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 28°

Moon age

6.9days

Moon phase on May 26, 1909Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 26 May 1909401,394 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 26, 1909, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 44.8% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

44.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
401,394 km249,414 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1909 is on Friday, June 4, 1909 at 01:25 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 19, 1909 at 13:42 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 19, 190913:42
First Quarter (after)Thursday, May 27, 190901:28

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Wednesday, May 26, 1909 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 19, 1909 to the new moon of June 17, 1909, a cycle of 29.41 days.