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The Moon on Friday, May 26, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 84.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 18°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on May 26, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Friday 26 May 1961388,305 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 26, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.3% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
388,305 km241,281 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (18°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1961 is on Tuesday, May 30, 1961 at 04:37 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 14, 1961 at 16:54 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 22, 196116:19
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 30, 196104:37

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Friday, May 26, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 14, 1961 to the new moon of June 13, 1961, a cycle of 29.52 days.