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The Moon on Thursday, May 26, 1927: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 25.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on May 26, 1927Waning Crescent

Thursday 26 May 1927366,117 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 26, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.0% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.0%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
366,117 km227,495 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1927 is on Monday, May 16, 1927 at 19:03 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 30, 1927 at 21:06 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 24, 192705:34
New Moon (after)Monday, May 30, 192721:06

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Thursday, May 26, 1927 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 1927 to the new moon of May 30, 1927, a cycle of 29.35 days.