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The Moon on Friday, May 22, 1914: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on May 22, 1914Waning Crescent

Friday 22 May 1914404,910 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 22, 1914, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.4% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
404,910 km251,599 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (2°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 1914 is on Saturday, May 9, 1914 at 21:30 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 25, 1914 at 02:35 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 16, 191422:12
New Moon (after)Monday, May 25, 191402:35

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Friday, May 22, 1914 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 25, 1914 to the new moon of May 25, 1914, a cycle of 29.63 days.