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The Moon on Saturday, May 26, 1990: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on May 26, 1990Waxing Crescent

Saturday 26 May 1990362,594 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 26, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.1% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
362,594 km225,306 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1990 is on Friday, June 8, 1990 at 11:01 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 24, 1990 at 11:47 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 24, 199011:47
First Quarter (after)Thursday, May 31, 199008:11

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Saturday, May 26, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 24, 1990 to the new moon of June 22, 1990, a cycle of 29.30 days.