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The Moon on Wednesday, May 26, 2066: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 4.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 01°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on May 26, 2066Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 26 May 2066406,196 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 26, 2066, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 4.9% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
406,196 km252,398 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (1°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 2066 is on Tuesday, June 8, 2066 at 02:31 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 24, 2066 at 03:38 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 24, 206603:38
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 1, 206607:13

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Wednesday, May 26, 2066 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 24, 2066 to the new moon of June 22, 2066, a cycle of 29.65 days.