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The Moon on Sunday, May 26, 1974: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 27.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 07°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on May 26, 1974Waxing Crescent

Sunday 26 May 1974366,833 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 26, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.3% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
366,833 km227,939 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1974 is on Tuesday, June 4, 1974 at 22:10 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 21, 1974 at 20:34 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 21, 197420:34
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 28, 197413:03

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Sunday, May 26, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 21, 1974 to the new moon of June 20, 1974, a cycle of 29.35 days.