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The Moon on Thursday, May 22, 1947: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on May 22, 1947Waxing Crescent

Thursday 22 May 1947361,452 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 22, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.4% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
361,452 km224,596 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 1947 is on Tuesday, June 3, 1947 at 19:27 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 20, 1947 at 13:44 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 20, 194713:44
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 27, 194704:36

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Thursday, May 22, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 20, 1947 to the new moon of June 18, 1947, a cycle of 29.32 days.