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The Moon on Sunday, May 26, 2019: Last Quarter, 52% lit

Waning · 51.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 02°

Last Quarter at

16:34UTC

Moon phase on May 26, 2019Last Quarter

Sunday 26 May 2019404,123 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 26, 2019, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 51.9% of its visible face lit, 21.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

51.9%Illumination at noon UTC
21.6 dMoon age
404,123 km251,110 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (3°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 2019 is on Saturday, May 18, 2019 at 21:11 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 3, 2019 at 10:02 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 18, 201921:11
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, May 26, 201916:34
New Moon (after)Monday, June 3, 201910:02

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Sunday, May 26, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 2019 to the new moon of June 3, 2019, a cycle of 29.47 days.