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The Moon on Tuesday, May 22, 1945: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 81.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on May 22, 1945Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 22 May 1945405,454 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 22, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.8% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
405,454 km251,937 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 1945 is on Sunday, May 27, 1945 at 01:49 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 11, 1945 at 20:22 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, May 18, 194522:12
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 27, 194501:49

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Tuesday, May 22, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 1945 to the new moon of June 10, 1945, a cycle of 29.34 days.