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The Moon on Monday, May 26, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 66% lit

Waning · 66.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on May 26, 2008Waning Gibbous

Monday 26 May 2008393,161 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 26, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 66.5% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

66.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
393,161 km244,299 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (16°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 2008 is on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 02:12 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 19:23 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, May 20, 200802:12
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 28, 200802:57

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Monday, May 26, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 5, 2008 to the new moon of June 3, 2008, a cycle of 29.29 days.