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The Moon on Thursday, May 22, 1941: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 20°

Moon age

25.9days

Moon phase on May 22, 1941Waning Crescent

Thursday 22 May 1941405,575 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 22, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.1% of its visible face lit, 25.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.9 dMoon age
405,575 km252,013 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 1941 is on Sunday, May 11, 1941 at 05:15 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 26, 1941 at 05:19 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 18, 194101:17
New Moon (after)Monday, May 26, 194105:19

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Thursday, May 22, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 26, 1941 to the new moon of May 26, 1941, a cycle of 29.66 days.