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The Moon on Saturday, May 22, 1943: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 90.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 06°

Moon age

18.1days

Moon phase on May 22, 1943Waning Gibbous

Saturday 22 May 1943364,628 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 22, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.6% of its visible face lit, 18.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.1 dMoon age
364,628 km226,569 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 1943 is on Wednesday, May 19, 1943 at 21:13 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 2, 1943 at 22:33 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, May 19, 194321:13
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 26, 194313:34

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Saturday, May 22, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 1943 to the new moon of June 2, 1943, a cycle of 29.53 days.