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The Moon on Tuesday, May 16, 1922: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 71.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on May 16, 1922Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 16 May 1922396,013 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 16, 1922, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.3% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.3%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
396,013 km246,071 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (30°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 1922 is on Thursday, May 11, 1922 at 06:06 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 26, 1922 at 18:04 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 11, 192206:06
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 18, 192218:17

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Tuesday, May 16, 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.