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The Moon on Thursday, May 22, 1975: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 90.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 25°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on May 22, 1975Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 22 May 1975369,471 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 22, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.5% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
369,471 km229,579 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (25°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 1975 is on Sunday, May 25, 1975 at 05:51 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 11, 1975 at 07:05 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, May 18, 197510:29
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 25, 197505:51

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Thursday, May 22, 1975 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 1975 to the new moon of June 9, 1975, a cycle of 29.49 days.