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The Moon on Wednesday, May 26, 1976: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 06°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on May 26, 1976Waning Crescent

Wednesday 26 May 1976404,551 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 26, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.1% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
404,551 km251,376 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1976 is on Thursday, May 13, 1976 at 20:04 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 29, 1976 at 01:47 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 20, 197621:22
New Moon (after)Saturday, May 29, 197601:47

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Wednesday, May 26, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 1976 to the new moon of May 29, 1976, a cycle of 29.64 days.