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The Moon on Thursday, May 26, 2011: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 34.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 23°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on May 26, 2011Waning Crescent

Thursday 26 May 2011404,493 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 26, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 34.0% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

34.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
404,493 km251,340 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (24°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 2011 is on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 11:09 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 21:03 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 24, 201118:52
New Moon (after)Wednesday, June 1, 201121:03

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Thursday, May 26, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 3, 2011 to the new moon of June 1, 2011, a cycle of 29.59 days.