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The Moon on Tuesday, May 22, 1962: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 90.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 06°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on May 22, 1962Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 22 May 1962381,440 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 22, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.9% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
381,440 km237,016 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 1962 is on Saturday, May 19, 1962 at 14:32 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 2, 1962 at 13:27 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 19, 196214:32
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, May 26, 196219:05

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Tuesday, May 22, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 1962 to the new moon of June 2, 1962, a cycle of 29.38 days.