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The Moon on Monday, May 26, 2081: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on May 26, 2081Waning Gibbous

Monday 26 May 2081395,355 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 26, 2081, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 85.9% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.9%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
395,355 km245,662 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (20°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 2081 is on Thursday, May 22, 2081 at 20:26 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 7, 2081 at 09:01 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 22, 208120:26
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 30, 208115:36

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Monday, May 26, 2081 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 8, 2081 to the new moon of June 7, 2081, a cycle of 29.45 days.