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The Moon on Tuesday, May 26, 2048: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on May 26, 2048Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 26 May 2048359,283 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 26, 2048, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
359,283 km223,248 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (18°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 2048 is on Wednesday, May 27, 2048 at 18:57 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 12, 2048 at 20:58 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, May 21, 204800:16
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 27, 204818:57

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Tuesday, May 26, 2048 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 12, 2048 to the new moon of June 11, 2048, a cycle of 29.66 days.