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The Moon on Saturday, May 26, 1962: Last Quarter, 53% lit

Waning · 53.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 00°

Last Quarter at

19:05UTC

Moon phase on May 26, 1962Last Quarter

Saturday 26 May 1962371,028 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 26, 1962, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 53.5% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

53.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
371,028 km230,546 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (1°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1962 is on Saturday, May 19, 1962 at 14:32 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 2, 1962 at 13:27 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 19, 196214:32
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, May 26, 196219:05
New Moon (after)Saturday, June 2, 196213:27

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Saturday, May 26, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 1962 to the new moon of June 2, 1962, a cycle of 29.38 days.