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The Moon on Thursday, May 26, 1994: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 23°

Moon age

15.8days

Moon phase on May 26, 1994Waning Gibbous

Thursday 26 May 1994363,836 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 26, 1994, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 15.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
15.8 dMoon age
363,836 km226,077 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (24°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1994 is on Wednesday, May 25, 1994 at 03:39 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 9, 1994 at 08:27 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, May 25, 199403:39
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 1, 199404:03

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Thursday, May 26, 1994 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 10, 1994 to the new moon of June 9, 1994, a cycle of 29.64 days.