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The Moon on Monday, May 26, 2014: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on May 26, 2014Waning Crescent

Monday 26 May 2014384,797 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 26, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.6% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
384,797 km239,102 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (8°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 2014 is on Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at 19:16 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at 18:40 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 21, 201412:59
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 28, 201418:40

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Monday, May 26, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 2014 to the new moon of May 28, 2014, a cycle of 29.52 days.