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The Moon on Friday, May 26, 1944: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 18.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°

Moon age

4.2days

Moon phase on May 26, 1944Waxing Crescent

Friday 26 May 1944395,804 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 26, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.8% of its visible face lit, 4.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.2 dMoon age
395,804 km245,941 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1944 is on Tuesday, June 6, 1944 at 18:58 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 22, 1944 at 06:13 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 22, 194406:13
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 30, 194400:07

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Friday, May 26, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 22, 1944 to the new moon of June 20, 1944, a cycle of 29.45 days.