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The Moon on Wednesday, May 26, 1965: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 22.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 08°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on May 26, 1965Waning Crescent

Wednesday 26 May 1965386,517 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 26, 1965, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.7% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
386,517 km240,170 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (8°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1965 is on Saturday, May 15, 1965 at 11:52 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 30, 1965 at 21:13 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 23, 196514:40
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 30, 196521:13

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Wednesday, May 26, 1965 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 1965 to the new moon of May 30, 1965, a cycle of 29.39 days.