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The Moon on Saturday, May 26, 1973: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 38.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on May 26, 1973Waning Crescent

Saturday 26 May 1973383,851 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 26, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.4% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
383,851 km238,514 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1973 is on Thursday, May 17, 1973 at 04:58 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 1, 1973 at 04:34 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 25, 197308:40
New Moon (after)Friday, June 1, 197304:34

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Saturday, May 26, 1973 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 1973 to the new moon of June 1, 1973, a cycle of 29.32 days.