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The Moon on Friday, May 22, 1942: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 41.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Moon age

7.3days

Moon phase on May 22, 1942Waxing Crescent

Friday 22 May 1942395,166 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 22, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.3% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
395,166 km245,545 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (21°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 1942 is on Saturday, May 30, 1942 at 05:29 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 15, 1942 at 05:45 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 15, 194205:45
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 23, 194209:11

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Friday, May 22, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 15, 1942 to the new moon of June 13, 1942, a cycle of 29.64 days.