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The Moon on Saturday, May 26, 2018: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on May 26, 2018Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 26 May 2018389,038 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 26, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.3% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
389,038 km241,737 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 2018 is on Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 14:20 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 11:48 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 22, 201803:49
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 29, 201814:20

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Saturday, May 26, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 15, 2018 to the new moon of June 13, 2018, a cycle of 29.33 days.