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The Moon on Monday, May 26, 1930: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 12°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on May 26, 1930Waning Crescent

Monday 26 May 1930378,545 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 26, 1930, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.8% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
378,545 km235,217 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (12°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1930 is on Monday, May 12, 1930 at 17:29 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 28, 1930 at 05:37 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 20, 193016:22
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 28, 193005:37

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Monday, May 26, 1930 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 28, 1930 to the new moon of May 28, 1930, a cycle of 29.44 days.