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The Moon on Sunday, May 26, 1946: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 25.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on May 26, 1946Waning Crescent

Sunday 26 May 1946371,559 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 26, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.6% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
371,559 km230,876 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1946 is on Thursday, May 16, 1946 at 02:53 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 30, 1946 at 20:49 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 24, 194604:02
New Moon (after)Thursday, May 30, 194620:49

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Sunday, May 26, 1946 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 1946 to the new moon of May 30, 1946, a cycle of 29.31 days.