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The Moon on Friday, May 26, 1933: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on May 26, 1933Waxing Crescent

Friday 26 May 1933406,192 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 26, 1933, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.0% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.0%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
406,192 km252,396 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1933 is on Thursday, June 8, 1933 at 05:05 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 24, 1933 at 10:07 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 24, 193310:07
First Quarter (after)Thursday, June 1, 193311:53

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Friday, May 26, 1933 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 24, 1933 to the new moon of June 23, 1933, a cycle of 29.64 days.