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The Moon on Wednesday, May 24, 1922: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 05°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on May 24, 1922Waning Crescent

Wednesday 24 May 1922394,747 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 24, 1922, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.4% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
394,747 km245,284 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (6°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1922 is on Thursday, May 11, 1922 at 06:06 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 26, 1922 at 18:04 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Wednesday, May 24, 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.