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The Moon on Sunday, May 26, 1918: Waning Gibbous, 100% lit

Waning · 99.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 10°

Moon age

16.0days

Moon phase on May 26, 1918Waning Gibbous

Sunday 26 May 1918391,210 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 26, 1918, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
391,210 km243,086 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (11°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1918 is on Saturday, May 25, 1918 at 22:32 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 8, 1918 at 22:02 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 25, 191822:32
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, June 2, 191804:20

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Sunday, May 26, 1918 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 10, 1918 to the new moon of June 8, 1918, a cycle of 29.38 days.