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The Moon on Friday, May 5, 1922: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 61.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 26°

Moon age

8.3days

Moon phase on May 5, 1922Waxing Gibbous

Friday 5 May 1922369,244 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 5, 1922, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.0% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
369,244 km229,438 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 1922 is on Thursday, May 11, 1922 at 06:06 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 27, 1922 at 05:04 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, May 4, 192212:55
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 11, 192206:06

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Friday, May 5, 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.