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The Moon on Monday, May 26, 1919: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 13.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on May 26, 1919Waning Crescent

Monday 26 May 1919362,694 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 26, 1919, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.5% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
362,694 km225,368 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1919 is on Thursday, May 15, 1919 at 01:01 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 29, 1919 at 13:12 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 22, 191922:04
New Moon (after)Thursday, May 29, 191913:12

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Monday, May 26, 1919 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 30, 1919 to the new moon of May 29, 1919, a cycle of 29.32 days.