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The Moon on Sunday, May 26, 2013: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 24°

Moon age

16.5days

Moon phase on May 26, 2013Waning Gibbous

Sunday 26 May 2013358,536 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 26, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 16.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.5 dMoon age
358,536 km222,784 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (24°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 2013 is on Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 04:25 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 8, 2013 at 15:57 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 25, 201304:25
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 31, 201318:58

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Sunday, May 26, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 10, 2013 to the new moon of June 8, 2013, a cycle of 29.64 days.