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The Moon on Sunday, May 22, 1960: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 8.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 27°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on May 22, 1960Waning Crescent

Sunday 22 May 1960395,738 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 22, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.6% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
395,738 km245,900 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (27°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 1960 is on Wednesday, May 11, 1960 at 05:42 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 25, 1960 at 12:26 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 17, 196019:54
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 25, 196012:26

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Sunday, May 22, 1960 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 25, 1960 to the new moon of May 25, 1960, a cycle of 29.61 days.