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The Moon on Saturday, May 22, 1909: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 10.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°

Moon age

2.9days

Moon phase on May 22, 1909Waxing Crescent

Saturday 22 May 1909383,283 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 22, 1909, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.4% of its visible face lit, 2.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.9 dMoon age
383,283 km238,161 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 1909 is on Friday, June 4, 1909 at 01:25 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 19, 1909 at 13:42 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 19, 190913:42
First Quarter (after)Thursday, May 27, 190901:28

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Saturday, May 22, 1909 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 19, 1909 to the new moon of June 17, 1909, a cycle of 29.41 days.