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The Moon on Tuesday, May 26, 2071: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 11.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 25°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on May 26, 2071Waning Crescent

Tuesday 26 May 2071376,083 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 26, 2071, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 11.6% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
376,083 km233,687 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (26°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 2071 is on Thursday, May 14, 2071 at 03:24 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 29, 2071 at 11:17 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 22, 207106:19
New Moon (after)Friday, May 29, 207111:17

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Tuesday, May 26, 2071 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 30, 2071 to the new moon of May 29, 2071, a cycle of 29.37 days.