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The Moon on Thursday, May 26, 2016: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 80.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on May 26, 2016Waning Gibbous

Thursday 26 May 2016388,605 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 26, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.1% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.1%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
388,605 km241,468 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 2016 is on Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 21:15 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 03:00 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 21, 201621:15
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 29, 201612:12

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Thursday, May 26, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 2016 to the new moon of June 5, 2016, a cycle of 29.31 days.