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The Moon on Saturday, May 22, 1915: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 53.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°

First Quarter at

04:50UTC

Moon phase on May 22, 1915First Quarter

Saturday 22 May 1915383,680 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 22, 1915, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.3% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
383,680 km238,407 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (4°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 1915 is on Friday, May 28, 1915 at 21:32 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 14, 1915 at 03:31 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 14, 191503:31
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, May 22, 191504:50
Full Moon (after)Friday, May 28, 191521:32

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Saturday, May 22, 1915 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 14, 1915 to the new moon of June 12, 1915, a cycle of 29.64 days.