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The Moon on Thursday, May 26, 1921: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 80.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 27°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on May 26, 1921Waning Gibbous

Thursday 26 May 1921404,226 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 26, 1921, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.3% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
404,226 km251,174 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1921 is on Saturday, May 21, 1921 at 20:15 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 6, 1921 at 06:14 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 21, 192120:15
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 29, 192121:44

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Thursday, May 26, 1921 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 1921 to the new moon of June 6, 1921, a cycle of 29.38 days.