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The Moon on Wednesday, May 26, 1926: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 22°

Moon age

14.5days

Moon phase on May 26, 1926Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 26 May 1926382,371 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 26, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 14.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.5 dMoon age
382,371 km237,594 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (22°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1926 is on Thursday, May 27, 1926 at 11:49 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 11, 1926 at 22:55 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 19, 192617:48
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 27, 192611:49

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Wednesday, May 26, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 1926 to the new moon of June 10, 1926, a cycle of 29.47 days.