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The Moon on Sunday, May 22, 1927: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 68.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on May 22, 1927Waning Gibbous

Sunday 22 May 1927378,740 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 22, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.9% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.9%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
378,740 km235,338 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 1927 is on Monday, May 16, 1927 at 19:03 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 30, 1927 at 21:06 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 16, 192719:03
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 24, 192705:34

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Sunday, May 22, 1927 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 1927 to the new moon of May 30, 1927, a cycle of 29.35 days.