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The Moon on Monday, May 26, 1980: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 89.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on May 26, 1980Waxing Gibbous

Monday 26 May 1980402,668 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 26, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.0% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
402,668 km250,206 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1980 is on Thursday, May 29, 1980 at 21:28 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 14, 1980 at 12:00 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 21, 198019:16
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 29, 198021:28

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Monday, May 26, 1980 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 14, 1980 to the new moon of June 12, 1980, a cycle of 29.36 days.