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The Moon on Monday, May 26, 1969: Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit

Waxing · 69.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°

Moon age

10.1days

Moon phase on May 26, 1969Waxing Gibbous

Monday 26 May 1969384,828 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 26, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.8% of its visible face lit, 10.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.1 dMoon age
384,828 km239,121 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (28°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1969 is on Saturday, May 31, 1969 at 13:18 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 16, 1969 at 08:26 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 24, 196912:15
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 31, 196913:18

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Monday, May 26, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 16, 1969 to the new moon of June 14, 1969, a cycle of 29.61 days.