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The Moon on Wednesday, May 31, 1922: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 25.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on May 31, 1922Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 31 May 1922372,346 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 31, 1922, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.4% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
372,346 km231,365 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (10°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 1922 is on Friday, June 9, 1922 at 15:58 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 26, 1922 at 18:04 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 26, 192218:04
First Quarter (after)Friday, June 2, 192218:10

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Wednesday, May 31, 1922 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 26, 1922 to the new moon of June 25, 1922, a cycle of 29.43 days.