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The Moon on Tuesday, May 22, 1928: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 12°

Moon age

2.9days

Moon phase on May 22, 1928Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 22 May 1928366,914 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 22, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.4% of its visible face lit, 2.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.9 dMoon age
366,914 km227,990 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (12°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 1928 is on Sunday, June 3, 1928 at 12:14 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 19, 1928 at 13:14 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, May 19, 192813:14
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 26, 192809:12

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Tuesday, May 22, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 19, 1928 to the new moon of June 17, 1928, a cycle of 29.31 days.