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The Moon on Saturday, June 5, 1926: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 26.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 12°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on June 5, 1926Waning Crescent

Saturday 5 June 1926373,763 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 5, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.5% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
373,763 km232,246 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (12°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 5, 1926 is on Thursday, May 27, 1926 at 11:49 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 10, 1926 at 10:08 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, June 3, 192608:09
New Moon (after)Thursday, June 10, 192610:08

The Moon around June 5

More about this date

Saturday, June 5, 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.