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The Moon on Thursday, May 22, 1952: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on May 22, 1952Waning Crescent

Thursday 22 May 1952387,467 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 22, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.0% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
387,467 km240,761 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 1952 is on Friday, May 9, 1952 at 20:16 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 23, 1952 at 19:28 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 16, 195214:39
New Moon (after)Friday, May 23, 195219:28

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Thursday, May 22, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 24, 1952 to the new moon of May 23, 1952, a cycle of 29.50 days.