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The Moon on Tuesday, May 26, 1987: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on May 26, 1987Waning Crescent

Tuesday 26 May 1987395,576 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 26, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
395,576 km245,800 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1987 is on Wednesday, May 13, 1987 at 12:50 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 27, 1987 at 15:14 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 20, 198704:02
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 27, 198715:14

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Tuesday, May 26, 1987 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 28, 1987 to the new moon of May 27, 1987, a cycle of 29.57 days.