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The Moon on Tuesday, May 26, 2020: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 14.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Moon age

3.8days

Moon phase on May 26, 2020Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 26 May 2020385,104 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 26, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.2% of its visible face lit, 3.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.8 dMoon age
385,104 km239,292 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 2020 is on Friday, June 5, 2020 at 19:12 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 22, 2020 at 17:39 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 22, 202017:39
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 30, 202003:30

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Tuesday, May 26, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 22, 2020 to the new moon of June 21, 2020, a cycle of 29.54 days.