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The Moon on Friday, May 26, 2051: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

Moon age

16.1days

Moon phase on May 26, 2051Waning Gibbous

Friday 26 May 2051394,725 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 26, 2051, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 16.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.1 dMoon age
394,725 km245,271 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (14°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 2051 is on Thursday, May 25, 2051 at 17:35 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 8, 2051 at 18:56 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 25, 205117:35
Last Quarter (after)Friday, June 2, 205102:15

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Friday, May 26, 2051 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 10, 2051 to the new moon of June 8, 2051, a cycle of 29.35 days.