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The Moon on Monday, May 26, 2053: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 68.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 27°

Moon age

8.3days

Moon phase on May 26, 2053Waxing Gibbous

Monday 26 May 2053384,829 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 26, 2053, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 68.5% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
384,829 km239,122 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (27°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 2053 is on Sunday, June 1, 2053 at 11:02 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 18, 2053 at 03:43 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 24, 205318:04
Full Moon (after)Sunday, June 1, 205311:02

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Monday, May 26, 2053 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 2053 to the new moon of June 16, 2053, a cycle of 29.30 days.