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The Moon on Sunday, May 22, 1938: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 50.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 00°

Last Quarter at

12:36UTC

Moon phase on May 22, 1938Last Quarter

Sunday 22 May 1938396,100 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 22, 1938, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.4% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
396,100 km246,125 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (0°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 1938 is on Saturday, May 14, 1938 at 08:39 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 29, 1938 at 14:00 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 14, 193808:39
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, May 22, 193812:36
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 29, 193814:00

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Sunday, May 22, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 30, 1938 to the new moon of May 29, 1938, a cycle of 29.36 days.