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The Moon on Friday, May 26, 1911: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on May 26, 1911Waning Crescent

Friday 26 May 1911362,192 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 26, 1911, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.6% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
362,192 km225,055 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1911 is on Saturday, May 13, 1911 at 06:10 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 28, 1911 at 06:24 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 21, 191109:23
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 28, 191106:24

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Friday, May 26, 1911 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 28, 1911 to the new moon of May 28, 1911, a cycle of 29.33 days.