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The Moon on Friday, May 26, 1978: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 78.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on May 26, 1978Waning Gibbous

Friday 26 May 1978364,750 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 26, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.7% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.7%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
364,750 km226,645 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (30°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1978 is on Monday, May 22, 1978 at 13:17 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 5, 1978 at 19:02 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 22, 197813:17
Last Quarter (after)Monday, May 29, 197803:30

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Friday, May 26, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 1978 to the new moon of June 5, 1978, a cycle of 29.59 days.