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The Moon on Tuesday, May 26, 1914: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on May 26, 1914Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 26 May 1914395,650 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 26, 1914, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.1% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
395,650 km245,846 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1914 is on Monday, June 8, 1914 at 05:18 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 25, 1914 at 02:35 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 25, 191402:35
First Quarter (after)Monday, June 1, 191414:03

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Tuesday, May 26, 1914 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 25, 1914 to the new moon of June 23, 1914, a cycle of 29.54 days.