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The Moon on Sunday, May 26, 1929: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 92.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 07°

Moon age

17.2days

Moon phase on May 26, 1929Waning Gibbous

Sunday 26 May 1929405,872 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 26, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.2% of its visible face lit, 17.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.2 dMoon age
405,872 km252,197 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (7°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1929 is on Thursday, May 23, 1929 at 12:50 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 7, 1929 at 13:56 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 23, 192912:50
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 31, 192916:13

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Sunday, May 26, 1929 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 9, 1929 to the new moon of June 7, 1929, a cycle of 29.33 days.