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The Moon on Tuesday, May 2, 1922: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 28.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on May 2, 1922Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 2 May 1922378,244 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 2, 1922, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.1% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
378,244 km235,030 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 1922 is on Thursday, May 11, 1922 at 06:06 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 27, 1922 at 05:04 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, April 27, 192205:04
First Quarter (after)Thursday, May 4, 192212:55

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Tuesday, May 2, 1922 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 27, 1922 to the new moon of May 26, 1922, a cycle of 29.54 days.