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The Moon on Monday, May 22, 1961: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 48.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 29°

First Quarter at

16:19UTC

Moon phase on May 22, 1961First Quarter

Monday 22 May 1961403,274 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 22, 1961, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.4% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
403,274 km250,582 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (29°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 1961 is on Tuesday, May 30, 1961 at 04:37 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 14, 1961 at 16:54 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 14, 196116:54
First Quarter (this day)Monday, May 22, 196116:19
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 30, 196104:37

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Monday, May 22, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 14, 1961 to the new moon of June 13, 1961, a cycle of 29.52 days.