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The Moon on Saturday, May 22, 1965: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 60.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 18°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on May 22, 1965Waning Gibbous

Saturday 22 May 1965403,123 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 22, 1965, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.7% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
403,123 km250,489 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (19°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 1965 is on Saturday, May 15, 1965 at 11:52 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 30, 1965 at 21:13 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 15, 196511:52
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 23, 196514:40

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Saturday, May 22, 1965 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 1965 to the new moon of May 30, 1965, a cycle of 29.39 days.