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The Moon on Thursday, May 26, 2072: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 67.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 26°

Moon age

8.5days

Moon phase on May 26, 2072Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 26 May 2072371,261 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 26, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 67.9% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

67.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
371,261 km230,691 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (27°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 2072 is on Tuesday, May 31, 2072 at 22:18 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 18, 2072 at 00:18 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 24, 207221:53
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 31, 207222:18

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Thursday, May 26, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 2072 to the new moon of June 16, 2072, a cycle of 29.40 days.