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The Moon on Monday, May 26, 1975: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

15.2days

Moon phase on May 26, 1975Waning Gibbous

Monday 26 May 1975382,385 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 26, 1975, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.1% of its visible face lit, 15.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.1%Illumination at noon UTC
15.2 dMoon age
382,385 km237,603 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1975 is on Sunday, May 25, 1975 at 05:51 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 9, 1975 at 18:49 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, May 25, 197505:51
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, June 1, 197523:23

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Monday, May 26, 1975 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 1975 to the new moon of June 9, 1975, a cycle of 29.49 days.