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The Moon on Wednesday, May 26, 1999: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on May 26, 1999Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 26 May 1999403,353 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 26, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.5% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
403,353 km250,632 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1999 is on Sunday, May 30, 1999 at 06:40 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 15, 1999 at 12:05 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 22, 199905:34
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 30, 199906:40

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Wednesday, May 26, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 15, 1999 to the new moon of June 13, 1999, a cycle of 29.29 days.