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The Moon on Thursday, May 26, 1955: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 28.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on May 26, 1955Waxing Crescent

Thursday 26 May 1955372,552 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 26, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.1% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
372,552 km231,493 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1955 is on Sunday, June 5, 1955 at 14:09 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 21, 1955 at 20:59 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, May 21, 195520:59
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 28, 195514:01

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Thursday, May 26, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 21, 1955 to the new moon of June 20, 1955, a cycle of 29.30 days.