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The Moon on Monday, May 26, 1986: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 89.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 12°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on May 26, 1986Waning Gibbous

Monday 26 May 1986362,305 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 26, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.6% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.6%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
362,305 km225,126 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (12°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1986 is on Friday, May 23, 1986 at 20:45 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 7, 1986 at 14:01 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, May 23, 198620:45
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 30, 198612:55

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Monday, May 26, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 8, 1986 to the new moon of June 7, 1986, a cycle of 29.66 days.