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The Moon on Sunday, May 26, 1996: Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit

Waxing · 59.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 15°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on May 26, 1996Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 26 May 1996396,361 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 26, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 59.0% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

59.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
396,361 km246,287 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (16°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1996 is on Saturday, June 1, 1996 at 20:47 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 17, 1996 at 11:46 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 25, 199614:13
Full Moon (after)Saturday, June 1, 199620:47

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Sunday, May 26, 1996 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 17, 1996 to the new moon of June 16, 1996, a cycle of 29.58 days.