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The Moon on Saturday, May 26, 1984: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on May 26, 1984Waning Crescent

Saturday 26 May 1984400,914 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 26, 1984, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.2% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
400,914 km249,116 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (17°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1984 is on Tuesday, May 15, 1984 at 04:29 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 30, 1984 at 16:48 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 22, 198417:45
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 30, 198416:48

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Saturday, May 26, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 1984 to the new moon of May 30, 1984, a cycle of 29.54 days.