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The Moon on Thursday, May 22, 1930: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 32.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 20°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on May 22, 1930Waning Crescent

Thursday 22 May 1930398,111 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 22, 1930, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.9% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
398,111 km247,375 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (21°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 1930 is on Monday, May 12, 1930 at 17:29 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 28, 1930 at 05:37 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 20, 193016:22
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 28, 193005:37

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Thursday, May 22, 1930 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 28, 1930 to the new moon of May 28, 1930, a cycle of 29.44 days.