Skip to content
The Moon on Sunday, May 22, 1966: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on May 22, 1966Waxing Crescent

Sunday 22 May 1966376,768 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 22, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.2% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
376,768 km234,112 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 1966 is on Friday, June 3, 1966 at 07:40 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 20, 1966 at 09:42 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 20, 196609:42
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 27, 196608:50

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Sunday, May 22, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 20, 1966 to the new moon of June 18, 1966, a cycle of 29.44 days.