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The Moon on Thursday, May 26, 2005: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 11°

Moon age

18.1days

Moon phase on May 26, 2005Waning Gibbous

Thursday 26 May 2005364,233 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 26, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.2% of its visible face lit, 18.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.2%Illumination at noon UTC
18.1 dMoon age
364,233 km226,324 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (12°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 2005 is on Monday, May 23, 2005 at 20:18 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 6, 2005 at 21:55 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 23, 200520:18
Last Quarter (after)Monday, May 30, 200511:47

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Thursday, May 26, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 8, 2005 to the new moon of June 6, 2005, a cycle of 29.55 days.