Waxing · 40.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 23°
Moon age
6.1days
Moon phase on May 26, 1966Waxing Crescent
On Thursday, May 26, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.2% of its visible face lit, 6.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.
40.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.1 dMoon age
370,010 km229,913 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (23°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 26, 1966 is on Friday, June 3, 1966 at 07:40 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 20, 1966 at 09:42 UTC, 6 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Friday, May 20, 1966 | 09:42 |
| First Quarter (after) | Friday, May 27, 1966 | 08:50 |
The Moon around May 26
More about this date
Thursday, May 26, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 20, 1966 to the new moon of June 18, 1966, a cycle of 29.44 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 1966, or the whole moon calendar 1966.
- The same date one year apart: 1965 · 1967.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.