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The Moon on Tuesday, May 22, 1973: Waning Gibbous, 77% lit

Waning · 76.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°

Moon age

19.6days

Moon phase on May 22, 1973Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 22 May 1973402,146 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 22, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 76.9% of its visible face lit, 19.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

76.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.6 dMoon age
402,146 km249,882 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 1973 is on Thursday, May 17, 1973 at 04:58 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 1, 1973 at 04:34 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 17, 197304:58
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 25, 197308:40

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Tuesday, May 22, 1973 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 1973 to the new moon of June 1, 1973, a cycle of 29.32 days.