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The Moon on Saturday, May 22, 1954: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 80.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on May 22, 1954Waning Gibbous

Saturday 22 May 1954389,217 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 22, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.7% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.7%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
389,217 km241,848 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 1954 is on Monday, May 17, 1954 at 21:47 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 1, 1954 at 04:03 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 17, 195421:47
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 25, 195413:49

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Saturday, May 22, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 1954 to the new moon of June 1, 1954, a cycle of 29.32 days.