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The Moon on Saturday, May 26, 1928: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 51.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 06°

First Quarter at

09:12UTC

Moon phase on May 26, 1928First Quarter

Saturday 26 May 1928390,506 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 26, 1928, the Moon was a First Quarter: 51.3% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

51.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
390,506 km242,649 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (6°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1928 is on Sunday, June 3, 1928 at 12:14 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 19, 1928 at 13:14 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, May 19, 192813:14
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, May 26, 192809:12
Full Moon (after)Sunday, June 3, 192812:14

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Saturday, May 26, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 19, 1928 to the new moon of June 17, 1928, a cycle of 29.31 days.