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The Moon on Sunday, May 26, 1985: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 38.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 22°

Moon age

6.6days

Moon phase on May 26, 1985Waxing Crescent

Sunday 26 May 1985380,448 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 26, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.8% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
380,448 km236,399 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (22°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1985 is on Monday, June 3, 1985 at 03:51 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 19, 1985 at 21:41 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 19, 198521:41
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 27, 198512:56

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Sunday, May 26, 1985 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 19, 1985 to the new moon of June 18, 1985, a cycle of 29.59 days.