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The Moon on Tuesday, May 23, 1922: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 10.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 23°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on May 23, 1922Waning Crescent

Tuesday 23 May 1922398,299 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 23, 1922, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.7% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
398,299 km247,491 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (23°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 1922 is on Thursday, May 11, 1922 at 06:06 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 26, 1922 at 18:04 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Tuesday, May 23, 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.