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The Moon on Thursday, May 26, 2044: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 26°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on May 26, 2044Waning Crescent

Thursday 26 May 2044360,498 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 26, 2044, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
360,498 km224,003 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 2044 is on Thursday, May 12, 2044 at 00:17 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 27, 2044 at 03:39 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 20, 204404:02
New Moon (after)Friday, May 27, 204403:39

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Thursday, May 26, 2044 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 27, 2044 to the new moon of May 27, 2044, a cycle of 29.33 days.