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The Moon on Saturday, May 22, 1926: Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit

Waxing · 75.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on May 22, 1926Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 22 May 1926399,458 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 22, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 75.3% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

75.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
399,458 km248,212 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 1926 is on Thursday, May 27, 1926 at 11:49 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 11, 1926 at 22:55 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 19, 192617:48
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 27, 192611:49

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Saturday, May 22, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 1926 to the new moon of June 10, 1926, a cycle of 29.47 days.