Waxing · 5.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 00°
Moon age
2.0days
Moon phase on May 26, 1971Waxing Crescent
On Wednesday, May 26, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.1% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
5.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
378,728 km235,331 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (0°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 26, 1971 is on Wednesday, June 9, 1971 at 00:04 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 24, 1971 at 12:32 UTC, 2 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Monday, May 24, 1971 | 12:32 |
| First Quarter (after) | Tuesday, June 1, 1971 | 00:42 |
The Moon around May 26
More about this date
Wednesday, May 26, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 24, 1971 to the new moon of June 22, 1971, a cycle of 29.39 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 1971, or the whole moon calendar 1971.
- The same date one year apart: 1970 · 1972.
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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.