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The Moon on Monday, May 26, 1947: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 42.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on May 26, 1947Waxing Crescent

Monday 26 May 1947372,341 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 26, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.4% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
372,341 km231,362 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1947 is on Tuesday, June 3, 1947 at 19:27 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 20, 1947 at 13:44 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 20, 194713:44
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 27, 194704:36

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Monday, May 26, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 20, 1947 to the new moon of June 18, 1947, a cycle of 29.32 days.