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The Moon on Friday, May 26, 2056: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on May 26, 2056Waxing Gibbous

Friday 26 May 2056360,804 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 26, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 90.1% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
360,804 km224,193 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 2056 is on Monday, May 29, 2056 at 01:58 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 14, 2056 at 16:06 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 22, 205611:50
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 29, 205601:58

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Friday, May 26, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 14, 2056 to the new moon of June 13, 2056, a cycle of 29.62 days.