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The Moon on Wednesday, May 17, 1922: Waning Gibbous, 62% lit

Waning · 62.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 11°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on May 17, 1922Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 17 May 1922399,819 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 17, 1922, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 62.1% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

62.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
399,819 km248,436 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (12°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 1922 is on Thursday, May 11, 1922 at 06:06 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 26, 1922 at 18:04 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Wednesday, May 17, 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.