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The Moon on Monday, May 26, 1941: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 07°

New Moon at

05:19UTC

Moon phase on May 26, 1941New Moon

Monday 26 May 1941403,560 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 26, 1941, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.9 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.9 dMoon age
403,560 km250,760 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (8°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1941 is on Monday, June 9, 1941 at 12:34 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 26, 1941 at 05:19 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 18, 194101:17
New Moon (this day)Monday, May 26, 194105:19
First Quarter (after)Monday, June 2, 194121:56

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Monday, May 26, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 26, 1941 to the new moon of June 24, 1941, a cycle of 29.59 days.