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The Moon on Saturday, May 26, 1951: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 64.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on May 26, 1951Waning Gibbous

Saturday 26 May 1951372,280 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 26, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.8% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
372,280 km231,324 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1951 is on Monday, May 21, 1951 at 05:45 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 4, 1951 at 16:41 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 21, 195105:45
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 27, 195120:17

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Saturday, May 26, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 1951 to the new moon of June 4, 1951, a cycle of 29.63 days.