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The Moon on Saturday, May 20, 1922: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 33.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 17°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on May 20, 1922Waning Crescent

Saturday 20 May 1922404,282 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 20, 1922, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.9% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
404,282 km251,209 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (18°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1922 is on Thursday, May 11, 1922 at 06:06 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 26, 1922 at 18:04 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 18, 192218:17
New Moon (after)Friday, May 26, 192218:04

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Saturday, May 20, 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.