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The Moon on Tuesday, May 26, 1959: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 78.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on May 26, 1959Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 26 May 1959372,629 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 26, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.8% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
372,629 km231,541 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1959 is on Friday, May 22, 1959 at 12:56 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 6, 1959 at 11:54 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, May 22, 195912:56
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 29, 195908:14

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Tuesday, May 26, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 1959 to the new moon of June 6, 1959, a cycle of 29.65 days.