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The Moon on Saturday, May 22, 1976: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 34.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°

Moon age

23.1days

Moon phase on May 22, 1976Waning Crescent

Saturday 22 May 1976402,212 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 22, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 34.7% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

34.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
402,212 km249,923 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (20°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 1976 is on Thursday, May 13, 1976 at 20:04 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 29, 1976 at 01:47 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 20, 197621:22
New Moon (after)Saturday, May 29, 197601:47

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Saturday, May 22, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 1976 to the new moon of May 29, 1976, a cycle of 29.64 days.