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The Moon on Wednesday, May 26, 1937: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 17°

Moon age

15.9days

Moon phase on May 26, 1937Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 26 May 1937404,959 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 26, 1937, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 15.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.9 dMoon age
404,959 km251,629 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (18°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1937 is on Tuesday, May 25, 1937 at 07:38 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 8, 1937 at 20:43 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, May 25, 193707:38
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 2, 193705:24

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Wednesday, May 26, 1937 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 10, 1937 to the new moon of June 8, 1937, a cycle of 29.31 days.