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The Moon on Thursday, May 26, 1949: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on May 26, 1949Waning Crescent

Thursday 26 May 1949397,742 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 26, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.1% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
397,742 km247,146 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (18°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1949 is on Thursday, May 12, 1949 at 12:51 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 27, 1949 at 22:24 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 19, 194919:22
New Moon (after)Friday, May 27, 194922:24

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Thursday, May 26, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 28, 1949 to the new moon of May 27, 1949, a cycle of 29.60 days.