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The Moon on Friday, May 22, 1964: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 18°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on May 22, 1964Waxing Gibbous

Friday 22 May 1964398,422 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 22, 1964, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.4% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
398,422 km247,568 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (18°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 1964 is on Tuesday, May 26, 1964 at 09:29 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 11, 1964 at 21:02 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 18, 196412:42
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 26, 196409:29

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Friday, May 22, 1964 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 1964 to the new moon of June 10, 1964, a cycle of 29.31 days.