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The Moon on Friday, May 26, 1972: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 16°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on May 26, 1972Waxing Gibbous

Friday 26 May 1972405,815 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 26, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
405,815 km252,162 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (17°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1972 is on Sunday, May 28, 1972 at 04:28 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 13, 1972 at 04:08 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 20, 197201:17
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 28, 197204:28

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Friday, May 26, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 13, 1972 to the new moon of June 11, 1972, a cycle of 29.31 days.