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The Moon on Wednesday, May 22, 1918: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 88.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 21°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on May 22, 1918Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 22 May 1918403,091 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 22, 1918, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.8% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
403,091 km250,469 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (22°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 1918 is on Saturday, May 25, 1918 at 22:32 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 10, 1918 at 13:01 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, May 17, 191820:14
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 25, 191822:32

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Wednesday, May 22, 1918 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 10, 1918 to the new moon of June 8, 1918, a cycle of 29.38 days.